Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.7, 910-911, 2007
Platinum-catalyzed aromatic C-H silylation of arenes with 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane
The intermolecular dehydrogenative coupling of 1,1,1,3, 5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane with arenes proceeded in the presence of a catalytic amount of platinum complexes prepared in situ from PtCl2 and hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate derivatives.