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Tetrahedron
Hydrosilanes are not always a reducing reagent: a ruthenium-catalyzed introduction of primary alkyl groups to electron-rich aromatic rings using esters as a source of …
A triruthenium cluster,(μ3, η2, η3, η5-acenaphthylene) Ru3 (CO) 7 effectively catalyzes primary-alkylation reaction of electron-rich aromatic rings using a combination of hydrosilane and ester as a source of the primary-alkyl group. The reaction involves electrophilic substitution of arenes by carbocationic species stabilized by a neighboring alkoxy or siloxy group generated during the reduction of esters giving alkylated arenes ...
