DFT studies on the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed carbon–silicon cleavage for the synthesis of benzosilole derivatives†
Wen-Jie Chen,Zhenyang Lin
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 01/30/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3DT53391C
Abstract

DFT calculations have been carried out to study the detailed mechanism of Pd-catalyzed intermolecular coupling reactions of 2-silylaryl bromides with alkynes via selective cleavage of C(sp3)–Si bonds. Through our calculations, we found that, starting from the alkenylpalladium intermediate derived from oxidative addition of the substrate C–Br bond followed by alkyne insertion, there are two possible pathways leading to the formation of the benzosilole product. Furthermore, these two pathways were found to be competitive. In this paper, we will present the detailed mechanistic study and analyze the results we have obtained.

Graphical abstract: DFT studies on the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed carbon–silicon cleavage for the synthesis of benzosilole derivatives