Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.4, 374-376, 2012
Ruthenium-catalyzed Ortho-selective Aromatic C-H Silylation: Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes
The intermolecular dehydrogenative coupling of 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane with aromatic compounds such as aryloxazolines and arylimines in the presence of a catalytic amount of [RuCl2(p-cymene)](2) gave the corresponding ortho-silylated products in good yields.