Design, Synthesis, and Implementation of Sodium Silylsilanolates as Silyl Transfer Reagent

05 May 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

There is an increasing demand for facile delivery of silyl groups onto organic bioactive molecules. One of the common methods of silylation via a transition metal-catalyzed coupling reaction employs hydrosilane, disilane, and silylborane as major silicon sources. However, labile nature of the reagents or harsh reaction conditions sometimes renders them inadequate for the purpose. Thus, a more versatile alternative source of silyl groups has been desired. We hereby report a design, synthesis, and implementation of new storable sodium silylsilanolates that can be used for the silylation of aryl halides and pseudohalides in the presence of a palladium catalyst. The new method allows a late-stage functionalization of polyfunctionalized compounds with a variety of silyl groups, such as trimethylsilyl (TMS) group. Mechanistic studies indicate that 1) a nucleophilic silanolate attacks a palladium center to afford a silylsilanolate-coordinated arylpalladium intermediate and 2) a polymeric cluster of silanolate species assists in the intramolecular migration of silyl groups, which would pro-mote an efficient transmetalation.

Keywords

silylsilanolate
silanolate salts
silylation reaction
silylation reagent
Palladium

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