Synthesis of borasiloxanes by oxidative hydrolysis of silanes and pinacolborane using Cu3(BTC)2 as a solid catalyst

Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy; Abdullah M Asiri; Patricia Concepcion; Hermenegildo Garcia

doi:10.1039/c7cc05221a

Synthesis of borasiloxanes by oxidative hydrolysis of silanes and pinacolborane using Cu₃(BTC)₂ as a solid catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Sep 5;53(72):9998-10001. doi: 10.1039/c7cc05221a.

Authors

Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy¹, Abdullah M Asiri, Patricia Concepcion, Hermenegildo Garcia

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu 625 021, India. admguru@gmail.com.

PMID: 28832691
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05221a

Abstract

A convenient method for the synthesis of borasiloxanes from silanes and pinacolboranes using Cu₃(BTC)₂ as a heterogeneous catalyst in acetonitrile at 70 °C is reported. This procedure is more convenient than Ru and Pd based homogeneous catalysts because it avoids the use of noble metals, easy handling of starting materials and the catalyst can be reused.