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“True” Chirality Transfer from Silicon to Carbon: Asymmetric Amplification in a Reagent‐Controlled Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydrosilylation
Author(s) -
Oestreich Martin,
Rendler Sebastian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462355
Subject(s) - hydrosilylation , chirality (physics) , alkene , silicon , reagent , palladium , catalysis , silane , chemistry , carbon fibers , materials science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry , physics , composite material , quantum mechanics , composite number , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Borne by silicon : A silicon reagent with Si‐centered chirality induces C‐centered chirality in CSi bond formation. All of the stereochemical information stems from the chiral silane. This first “true” chirality transfer from silicon to carbon has been realized in a Pd‐catalyzed hydrosilylation of a prochiral alkene. Moreover, this reagent‐controlled process displays an unusual positive nonlinear effect (see Scheme).