Kuldeep Jaiswal, Solomon Volodarsky, Vladimir Kampel and Roman Dobrovetsky
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 10448-10451
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC04780H,
Communication
The activation of Si–H bonds is a very important transformation both in organic and inorganic chemistry. Herein we report that 1,2-dibenzoyl-o-carborane (1) reacts with Si–H bonds, yielding new hydrofurane-type products. The mechanism of this Si–H bond activation was studied both experimentally and by DFT calculations, and supposedly proceeds in an FLP-type manner.