Copper-Dipyridylphosphine-Polymethylhydrosiloxane: A Practical and Effective System for the Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Ketones

Xi Chang Zhang, Fei Fei Wu, Shijun Li, Ji Ning Zhou, Jing Wu*, Ning Li, Wenjun Fang*, Kim Hung Lam, Albert S.C. Chan*

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Abstract

In the presence of the inexpensive and non-toxic stoichiometric reductant polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS), the chiral copper(II)-dipyridylphosphine catalyst displayed high efficiency in the stereoselective hydrosilylation of a wide scope of aryl alkyl and heteroaromatic ketones under an air atmosphere and mild conditions in good to excellent ees (up to 97%). With certain amounts of sodium tert-butoxide and tert-butyl alcohol as additives, the reaction on a 21-g substrate scale can be conveniently completed within a few hours even at a substrate-to-ligand (S/L) ratio of 50,000.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1457-1462
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Synthesis and Catalysis
Volume353
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

User-Defined Keywords

  • asymmetric catalysis
  • copper
  • dipyridylphosphine ligands
  • hydrosilylation
  • ketones
  • polymethylhydrosiloxane

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