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Introducing the Catalytic Amination of Silanes via Nitrene Insertion
June 2022 • Anabel M. Rodríguez, Jorge Pérez‐Ruíz, Francisco Molina, Ana Poveda, Raúl Pérez‐Soto, Feliu Maseras, M. Mar Díaz‐Requejo, Pedro J. Pérez
The direct functionalization of Si-H bonds by the nitrene insertion methodology is described. A copper(I) complex bearing a trispyrazolylborate ligand catalyzes the transfer of a nitrene group from PhI═NTs to the Si-H bond of silanes, disilanes, and siloxanes, leading to the exclusive formation of Si-NH moieties in the first example of this transformation. The process tolerates other functionalities in the substrate such as several C-H bonds and alkyne and alkene moieties directly bonded to the silicon center. Den…