Rhodium (II) perfluorobutyrate catalyzed silane alcoholysis. A highly selective route to silyl ethers

MP Doyle, KG High, V Bagheri, RJ Pieters…

Index: Doyle, Michael P.; High, Kenneth G.; Bagheri, Vahid; Pieters, Roland J.; Lewis, Patricia J.; Pearson, Matthew M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 25 p. 6082 - 6086

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Abstract

Rhodium (I1) perfluorobutyrate, Rhz (pfb),, is an effective catalyst for the alcoholysis of trialkylsilanes at room temperature. Primary alcohols react with triethylsilane approximately 5 times faster than do secondary alcohols, and tertiary alcohols are virtually inert. ...