Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.19, 6094-6094, 2007
Nickel-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective silylation of terminal alkenes with silacyclobutanes: Facile access to vinylsilanes from alkenes
Treatment of terminal alkenes with silacyclobutanes under nickel catalysis resulted in silylation of the alkenes and yielded the corresponding vinylsilanes in a highly regio- and stereoselective fashion. The reaction provides a facile access to vinylsilanes starting from trivial terminal alkenes as well as styrenes, 1,3-dienes, and acrylate esters.