Chemistry Letters

Coordinatively Unsaturated Ru (II) Species Ru (xantsil)(CO): A New Active catalyst for Oligomerization/Deoligomerization of HSiMe2SiMe3 [xantsil=(9, 9- …

JJG Minglana, M Okazaki, H Tobita, H Ogino

Index: Minglana, Jim Josephus G.; Okazaki, Masaaki; Tobita, Hiromi; Ogino, Hiroshi Chemistry Letters, 2002 , # 3 p. 406 - 407

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Abstract

Ru (xantsil)(CO)(η 6-C 6 H 5 CH 3)(1) was found to be a catalyst for the oligomerization/ deoligomerization of HSiMe 2 SiMe 3 to give H (SiMe 2) n Me (n= 1–8). A possible mechanism involving a silyl (silylene) intermediate was strongly supported by the isolation of its stabilized form, ie, alkoxy-bridged bis (silylene) complex which was characterized by X- ray crystal structure analysis.