Sem Raj Tamang, Anthony F. Cozzolino and Michael Findlater
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 1834-1838
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB02661K,
Communication
The reaction of (dppBIAN)FeCl2 with 3 equivalents of n-BuLi affords a catalytically active anionic Fe complex; the nature of the anionic complex was probed using EPR and IR experiments and is proposed to involve a dearomatized, radical, ligand scaffold. This complex is an active catalyst for the hydrosilylation of esters to afford alcohols; loadings as low as 1 mol% were employed.
