First gold complex-catalysed selective hydrosilylation of organic compoundsStudies on Organosilicon Chemistry: no. 152. For no. 151, see K. Miura, K. Tamaki, T. Nakagawa and A. Hosomi, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2000, in press.
Abstract
The first examples of the hydrosilylation of organic compounds such as aldehydes and an aldimine using a catalytic amount of a gold complex, which accomplished versatile regio- and chemo-selective reduction of carbonyl compounds, are described.