This study presents the use of MnBr(CO)5 for the selective conversion of silanes to silanols with water as an oxidant generating valuable hydrogen as the only by-product.
Nascent developments in the main group element-catalyzed hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes.
A facile mono- and di-hydrosilylation of various carbonyls is reported under mild reaction conditions to afford silyl ether-protected alcohols in a single step using novel zinc complexes supported by amidophosphinochalcogenide ligand moieties.
The commercially available, inexpensive and air-stable manganese catalyst MnBr(CO)5 has proven to be an excellent catalyst for the reduction of a wide variety of sulfoxides to the corresponding sulfides in excellent yields and good chemoselectivity.
Low-valent Fe-(0) catalyzes the hydrosilylation of alkynes at 60–120 °C, exhibiting a broad substrate scope and tolerating functional groups. Mechanistic investigations, kinetic studies and DFT suggest that the reaction follows a Chalk–Harrod mechanism.