Recent advances in the reactions of silacyclobutanes and their applications

J Huang, F Liu, X Wu, JQ Chen, J Wu - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Silacyclobutanes (SCBs), as a key member of the organosilicon family, have received
considerable attention in synthetic chemistry since the silicon–carbon bond can be …

Versatile Tetrasilane for Time-Controlled Palladium-Catalyzed Divergent Synthesis of Silacycles via C–H Activation

Y Xu, M Sun, W Xu, G Deng, Y Liang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed intermolecular annulation of silicon reagents with organic
molecules is still underdeveloped due to the scarcity of silicon reagent types and their …

Enantioselective construction of six-and seven-membered triorgano-substituted silicon-stereogenic heterocycles

S Chen, D Mu, PL Mai, J Ke, Y Li, C He - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
The exploitation of chirality at silicon in asymmetric catalysis is one of the most intriguing and
challenging tasks in synthetic chemistry. In particular, construction of enantioenriched …

Nickel (0)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Expansion Toward Enantioenriched Silicon‐Stereogenic Benzosiloles

J Zhang, N Yan, CW Ju, D Zhao - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a straightforward strategy to obtain enantioenriched silicon‐stereogenic
benzosiloles remains a challenging yet appealing synthesis venture due to their potential …

Enantioselective synthesis of spirosilabicyclohexenes by asymmetric dual ring expansion of spirosilabicyclobutane with alkynes

H Chen, J Peng, Q Pang, H Du, L Huang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Silaspiranes have attracted particular attention due to their chiral spiro‐silicon center, which
serves as an ideal carbon isostere and can endow spiro‐analogs with distinct properties …

Photoredox Metal-Free Allylic Defluorinative Silylation of α-Trifluoromethylstyrenes with Hydrosilanes

C Luo, Y Zhou, H Chen, T Wang, ZB Zhang… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report an efficient strategy that combines organic photoredox and hydrogen atom
transfer to deliver gem-difluoroallylsilanes via defluorinative silylation of α …

A combined computational and experimental study of Rh-catalyzed C–H silylation with silacyclobutanes: insights leading to a more efficient catalyst system

L Zhang, K An, Y Wang, YD Wu, X Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The study of new C–H silylation reagents and reactions remains an important topic. We
reported that under Rh catalysis, silacyclobutanes (SCBs) for the first time were able to react …

Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Catalyzed C—Si Bond Cleavage of Silacyclobutanes

L Min, Q Liping, Z Dongbing - Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 - sioc-journal.cn
Due to the widespread application of various organosilicon compounds in material science,
electronic devices and pharmaceutical research, it is of great significance to develop green …

Ring Expansion of Silacyclobutanes with Allenoates to Selectively Construct 2- or 3-(E)-Enoate-Substituted Silacyclohexenes

X Tang, Y Zhang, Y Tang, Y Li, J Zhou, D Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Silacycle is one of the most essential core frameworks in silicon-containing functional
molecules. However, the structural diversity of silacycles has been largely limited due to the …

Multifunctional P-ligand-controlled “silicon-centered” selectivity in Rh/Cu-catalyzed Si–C bond cleavage of silacyclobutanes

X Wang, SS Huang, FJ Zhang, JL Xie, Z Li… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon/carbon switching strategy, known as silasubstitution, plays an important role in drug
discovery and material science. However, there is a dearth of efficient and precisely …