Ryan J. Andrews, Saurabh S. Chitnis and Douglas W. Stephan
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 5599-5602
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC02460C,
Communication
The readily-accessible, air-stable Lewis acid [(terpy)PPh][B(C6F5)4]21 is shown to mediate the hydrosilylation of aldehydes, ketones, and olefins. The utility and mechanism of these hydrosilylations are considered.