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In general, platinum and palladium complexes are known to efficiently promote catalytic ring opening of silacyclobutanes. Weyenberg and Nelson extensively demonstrated this in 1964 utilizing a platinum metal as a catalyst to [[Hydrosilylation|hydrosilate]] a series of silacyclobutanes (”’1”’) and showed that the reaction involved exchange of Si-H of the hydrosilane and Si-C of silacyclobutane.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weyenberg |first=Donald R. |last2=Nelson |first2=Lee E. |date=1965-08-01 |title=Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes and 1,3-Disilacyclobutanes |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/jo01019a027 |journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=2618–2621 |doi=10.1021/jo01019a027 |issn=0022-3263}}</ref> They hypothesized that silacyclobutanes might undergo oxidative-addition with platinum to form 1-platina-2-silacyclobutane. A notable palladium-catalyzed ring opening reaction was reported by Tanaka et. al using acid chloride in the presence of triethylamine in mild contains to produce 1-phenyl-4-(chlorodimethylsilyl)-1-butanone in high yield (”’2”’).<ref name=”:12″>{{Cite journal |last=Tanaka |first=Yoshifumi |last2=Yamashita |first2=Hiroshi |last3=Tanaka |first3=Masato |date=1996-03-19 |title=Palladium- and Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes with Acid Chlorides Affording Cyclic Silyl Enol Ethers and/or 3-(Chlorosilyl)propyl Ketones |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/om950786n |journal=Organometallics |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=1524–1526 |doi=10.1021/om950786n |issn=0276-7333}}</ref> Further, these same researchers observed and deciphered the mechanism behind regioselective ring-opening products being obtained in good yield from silacyclobutanes and aryl iodides with a Pd(PPh<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub> catalyst (”’3”’).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tanaka |first=Yoshifumi |last2=Nishigaki |first2=Atsushi |last3=Kimura |first3=Yutaka |last4=Yamashita |first4=Masakazu |date=2001 |title=Unexpected regioselectivity in the palladium-catalyzed reaction of silacyclobutanes with aryl iodides |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aoc.206 |journal=Applied Organometallic Chemistry |language=en |volume=15 |issue=8 |pages=667–670 |doi=10.1002/aoc.206 |issn=1099-0739}}</ref>

In general, platinum and palladium complexes are known to efficiently promote catalytic ring opening of silacyclobutanes. Weyenberg and Nelson extensively demonstrated this in 1964 utilizing a platinum metal as a catalyst to [[Hydrosilylation|hydrosilate]] a series of silacyclobutanes (”’1”’) and showed that the reaction involved exchange of Si-H of the hydrosilane and Si-C of silacyclobutane.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weyenberg |first=Donald R. |last2=Nelson |first2=Lee E. |date=1965-08-01 |title=Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes and 1,3-Disilacyclobutanes |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/jo01019a027 |journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=2618–2621 |doi=10.1021/jo01019a027 |issn=0022-3263}}</ref> They hypothesized that silacyclobutanes might undergo oxidative-addition with platinum to form 1-platina-2-silacyclobutane. A notable palladium-catalyzed ring opening reaction was reported by Tanaka et. al using acid chloride in the presence of triethylamine in mild contains to produce 1-phenyl-4-(chlorodimethylsilyl)-1-butanone in high yield (”’2”’).<ref name=”:12″>{{Cite journal |last=Tanaka |first=Yoshifumi |last2=Yamashita |first2=Hiroshi |last3=Tanaka |first3=Masato |date=1996-03-19 |title=Palladium- and Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes with Acid Chlorides Affording Cyclic Silyl Enol Ethers and/or 3-(Chlorosilyl)propyl Ketones |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/om950786n |journal=Organometallics |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=1524–1526 |doi=10.1021/om950786n |issn=0276-7333}}</ref> Further, these same researchers observed and deciphered the mechanism behind regioselective ring-opening products being obtained in good yield from silacyclobutanes and aryl iodides with a Pd(PPh<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub> catalyst (”’3”’).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tanaka |first=Yoshifumi |last2=Nishigaki |first2=Atsushi |last3=Kimura |first3=Yutaka |last4=Yamashita |first4=Masakazu |date=2001 |title=Unexpected regioselectivity in the palladium-catalyzed reaction of silacyclobutanes with aryl iodides |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aoc.206 |journal=Applied Organometallic Chemistry |language=en |volume=15 |issue=8 |pages=667–670 |doi=10.1002/aoc.206 |issn=1099-0739}}</ref>

[[File:SilacyclobutanePtPdCatalyst.png|center|thumb|500x500px|Platinum and palladium-catalyzed ring opening reactions with silacyclobutanes.]]In effort to utilize more abundant and affordable catalysts for ring-opening, Oshima et. al demonstrated the viability of nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:13″>{{Cite journal |last=Hirano |first=Koji |last2=Yorimitsu |first2=Hideki |last3=Oshima |first3=Koichiro |date=2006-02-01 |title=Nickel-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes with Aldehydes:  Ring Opening and Ring Expansion Reaction |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ol0527577 |journal=Organic Letters |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=483–485 |doi=10.1021/ol0527577 |issn=1523-7060}}</ref> and terminal alkenes (”’2”’),<ref name=”:14″>{{Cite journal |last=Hirano |first=Koji |last2=Yorimitsu |first2=Hideki |last3=Oshima |first3=Koichiro |date=2007-05-01 |title=Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Silylation of Terminal Alkenes with Silacyclobutanes:  Facile Access to Vinylsilanes from Alkenes |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja070938t |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=129 |issue=19 |pages=6094–6095 |doi=10.1021/ja070938t |issn=0002-7863}}</ref> retaining stereoselectivity and regioselectivity.

[[File:SilacyclobutanePtPdCatalyst.png|center|thumb|500x500px|Platinum and palladium-catalyzed ring opening reactions with silacyclobutanes.]]In effort to utilize more abundant and affordable catalysts for ring-opening, Oshima et. al demonstrated the viability of nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:13″>{{Cite journal |last=Hirano |first=Koji |last2=Yorimitsu |first2=Hideki |last3=Oshima |first3=Koichiro |date=2006-02-01 |title=Nickel-Catalyzed Reactions of Silacyclobutanes with Aldehydes:  Ring Opening and Ring Expansion Reaction |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ol0527577 |journal=Organic Letters |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=483–485 |doi=10.1021/ol0527577 |issn=1523-7060}}</ref> and terminal alkenes (”’2”’),<ref name=”:14″>{{Cite journal |last=Hirano |first=Koji |last2=Yorimitsu |first2=Hideki |last3=Oshima |first3=Koichiro |date=2007-05-01 |title=Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Silylation of Terminal Alkenes with Silacyclobutanes:  Facile Access to Vinylsilanes from Alkenes |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja070938t |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=129 |issue=19 |pages=6094–6095 |doi=10.1021/ja070938t |issn=0002-7863}}</ref> retaining stereoselectivity and regioselectivity.

[[File:NiCatalystSilacyclobutane2.png|thumb|Nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:13″ /> and terminal alkenes (”’2”’).<ref name=”:14″ /> ]]

[[File:NiCatalystSilacyclobutane2.png|thumb|Nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:13″ /> and terminal alkenes (”’2”’).<ref name=”:14″ /> ]]

=== Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Ring Expansion ===

=== Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Ring Expansion ===

Ring expansion as a means to form a diverse array of sila-heterocycles along with the underlying mechanisms governing this phenomena remain an area of research. In particular, ring expansion using silacyclobutanes has been useful in synthesizing cyclic silly eno.s ethers which are useful precursors in organosilicon chemistry.<ref name=”:0″ /> Ring expansion has been shown to commence with insertion with SO<sub>2</sub>,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dubac |first=Jacques |last2=Mazerolles |first2=Pierre |last3=Joly |first3=Monique |date=1978-06-27 |title=Stereochimie de la sulfonation d’organosilanes |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022328X00920515 |journal=Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |volume=153 |issue=3 |pages=289–298 |doi=10.1016/S0022-328X(00)92051-5 |issn=0022-328X}}</ref> SO<sub>3</sub>,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dubac |first=J. |last2=Mazerolles |first2=P. |last3=Joly |first3=M. |last4=Kitching |first4=W. |last5=Fong |first5=C. W. |last6=Atwell |first6=W. H. |date=1970-11-01 |title=Sultones et sultines organométalliques V. Réactions d’insertion de l’anhydride sulfureux dans la liaison siliciumcarbone: sultines organosiliciques |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022328X00861896 |journal=Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=C20–C22 |doi=10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86189-6 |issn=0022-328X}}</ref> phosphorous ylides,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schmidbaur |first=Hubert |last2=Wolf |first2=Walter |date=1973 |title=Anormale Silacyclobutan-Ringöffnung durch Alkyliden-trialkylphosphorane |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.19730850807 |journal=Angewandte Chemie |language=en |volume=85 |issue=8 |pages=344–345 |doi=10.1002/ange.19730850807 |issn=1521-3757}}</ref> acid chloride,<ref name=”:12″ /> palladium catalysts,<ref name=”:12″ /> platinum catalysts,<ref name=”:12″ /> nickel catalysts,<ref name=”:13″ /> along with others.<ref name=”:0″ /> Noteable reactions include palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:15″>{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Ling |last2=Cao |first2=Jian |last3=Xu |first3=Zheng |last4=Zheng |first4=Zhan-Jiang |last5=Cui |first5=Yu-Ming |last6=Xu |first6=Li-Wen |date=2016 |title=Lewis acid catalyzed [2+2] cycloaddition of ynamides and propargyl silyl ethers: synthesis of alkylidenecyclobutenones and their reactivity in ring-opening and ring expansion |url=https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C6CC04648G |journal=Chemical Communications |language=en |volume=52 |issue=61 |pages=9574–9577 |doi=10.1039/C6CC04648G |issn=1359-7345}}</ref> and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (”’2”’)<ref name=”:13″ />.

Ring expansion as a means to form a diverse array of sila-heterocycles along with the underlying mechanisms governing this phenomena remain an area of research. In particular, ring expansion using silacyclobutanes has been useful in synthesizing cyclic silly eno.s ethers which are useful precursors in organosilicon chemistry.<ref name=”:0″ /> Ring expansion has been shown to commence with insertion with SO<sub>2</sub>,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dubac |first=Jacques |last2=Mazerolles |first2=Pierre |last3=Joly |first3=Monique |date=1978-06-27 |title=Stereochimie de la sulfonation d’organosilanes |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022328X00920515 |journal=Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |volume=153 |issue=3 |pages=289–298 |doi=10.1016/S0022-328X(00)92051-5 |issn=0022-328X}}</ref> SO<sub>3</sub>,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dubac |first=J. |last2=Mazerolles |first2=P. |last3=Joly |first3=M. |last4=Kitching |first4=W. |last5=Fong |first5=C. W. |last6=Atwell |first6=W. H. |date=1970-11-01 |title=Sultones et sultines organométalliques V. Réactions d’insertion de l’anhydride sulfureux dans la liaison siliciumcarbone: sultines organosiliciques |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022328X00861896 |journal=Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=C20–C22 |doi=10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86189-6 |issn=0022-328X}}</ref> phosphorous ylides,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schmidbaur |first=Hubert |last2=Wolf |first2=Walter |date=1973 |title=Anormale Silacyclobutan-Ringöffnung durch Alkyliden-trialkylphosphorane |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.19730850807 |journal=Angewandte Chemie |language=en |volume=85 |issue=8 |pages=344–345 |doi=10.1002/ange.19730850807 |issn=1521-3757}}</ref> acid chloride,<ref name=”:12″ /> palladium catalysts,<ref name=”:12″ /> platinum catalysts,<ref name=”:12″ /> nickel catalysts,<ref name=”:13″ /> along with others.<ref name=”:0″ /> Noteable reactions include palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:15″>{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Ling |last2=Cao |first2=Jian |last3=Xu |first3=Zheng |last4=Zheng |first4=Zhan-Jiang |last5=Cui |first5=Yu-Ming |last6=Xu |first6=Li-Wen |date=2016 |title=Lewis acid catalyzed [2+2] cycloaddition of ynamides and propargyl silyl ethers: synthesis of alkylidenecyclobutenones and their reactivity in ring-opening and ring expansion |url=https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C6CC04648G |journal=Chemical Communications |language=en |volume=52 |issue=61 |pages=9574–9577 |doi=10.1039/C6CC04648G |issn=1359-7345}}</ref> and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (”’2”’)<ref name=”:13″ />.

[[File:RingOpeningSilacyclobutane.png|thumb|Palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:15″ /> and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (”’2”’)<ref name=”:13″ />.]]

[[File:RingOpeningSilacyclobutane.png|thumb|Palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (”’1”’)<ref name=”:15″ /> and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (”’2”’)<ref name=”:13″ />.]]

Class of chemical compounds

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Chemical compound

Silacyclobutane (SCB) or siletane is a four-membered heterocylic ring (silacycle) consisting of one silicon atom and three carbon atoms with the general formula (CH2)3SiH2. Silacyclobutane is one of the most simple molecules in the family of organosilicon compounds. The four-membered ring framework of silacyclobutane is analogous to that of cyclobutane, but one carbon atom is replaced by silicon. All four atoms in silacyclobutane are sp³-hybridized, forming a nonplanar, puckered ring. Derivatives of silacyclobutane are called silacyclobutanes with the general formula (CH2)3SiR2. Since the first synthetic report of silacyclobutane in the 1950’s, silacyclobutanes and its analogues have garnered considerable attention owing to their high ring strain, Lewis acidity, and tunable silicon-carbon bond activation, which enable diverse ring-opening and ring-expansion pathways.[1][2]

Structure

The four carbon atoms in cyclobutane are not coplanar but rather adapts a “puckered” or “butterfly” conformation resulting from the large barrier to internal rotation due to the repulsions of the three adjacent methylene groups.[3] The dihedral angle of the silacyclobutane puckered ring has been calculated as 35.9 ± 2°.[4] For silacyclobutane, the C-Si-C and C-C-C bond angles have been calculated as 78.8° and 100.5°, respectively utilizing multi-configurational self-consistent field (MCSCF).[5]

Puckered/butterfly structure of silacyclobutane.[5]

Like cyclobutane, the small heterocyclic ring of silacyclobutane is highly strained, resulting in lower bond energies when compared to related linear or unstrained, silicon-containing or hydrocarbon rings, such as hexane, cyclohexane, or silacyclohexane. Interestingly, energetic barrier of silacyclobutane[4] (440 cm-1) is lower than that of cyclobutane[6] (498 cm-1), perhaps owing to the greater flexibility of C-Si-C, longer Si–C bonds, and greater bond angle flexibility. Electronic structure calculations of silacyclobutane show that the LUMO is lowered in energy compared to cyclobutane.[7]

The highly strained nature of silacyclobutanes can be investigated through thermolysis, which can provide insights into ring stability and decomposition. Interestingly, there is a considerable difference in liquid- vs. gas-phase thermal decomposition for these compounds.[8] The liquid-phase pyrolysis of 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclobutane with the formula (CH2)3SiMe2 results in ring-opening polymerization at 150-200 °C.[9] In comparison, gas-phase pyrolysis of has been demonstrated to primarily undergo unimolecular decomposition to ethane and dimethylsilene at 400-460 °C.[10] It was later shown that there are two minor decomposition pathways; one that forms methyl radicals via the Si–CH3 bond cleavage and another propene–dimethylsilylene species.[11]

Gas-phase thermolysis products of 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclobutane.

Synthesis and History

Fredrick Stanley Kipping, a pioneer of silicon chemistry in the 1920’s was the first to conceptualize silacyclobutane in his series of manuscripts titled “Organic Derivatives of Silicon[12][13] and is often credited in its history. However, products formed Kipping’s experiments were complex mixtures and he could not conclusively isolate or characterize the silacycles. Kippling’s work was one of the earliest demonstrations that silicon could form stable cyclic structures analogous to carbon rings giving rise to modern organosilicon chemistry.

Grignard Reagent Addition

In 1954, Sommer and Baum reported the first successful synthesis and isolation of a silacyclobutane, 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclobutane. Starting from (3-bromopropyl)trimethylsilane, they formed a disiloxane intermediate and subsequently generated a terminal dihalide that was treated with magnesium metal and dilute diethyl ether to form the respective in situ Grignard reagents which perform Wurtz-type coupling intramolecular ring closure by preferentially attacking the bromine site first, followed by the chloride site to form a 4-membered ring.[14]

Formation of 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclobutane from (3-bromopropyl)trimethylsilane treated with acid to form a disiloxane, followed by chlorination to form a dihalide, and Wurtz-type coupling ring closure utilizing Grignard reagents.

Classically, silacyclobutanes can be formed using Grignard addition. Notably, this method is employed in the formation of benzosilacyclobutanes from a 1-bromo-2-(bromomethyl)benzene starting material by Gilman and Atwell[15][16] in the 1960’s, followed by de Boer et. al[17] and Kang et. al[18] in the 1980’s.

Synthesis of benzosilacyclobutanes from 1-bromo-2-(bromomethyl)benzene using Grignard addition reactions.

Halogenated Silacyclobutanes and Nucleophilic Substitution

Vdovin et. al[19] and Laane et. al[20] in the 1960’s synthesized the first halogenated silacyclobutanes, 1,1-dichloro-silacyclobutane and 1,1-difloro-silacyclobutane. The former SiCl2-containing silacyclobutane can be prepared from either (3-bromopropyl)trichlorosilane, which forms more readily, or (3-chloropropyl)trichlorosilane reagents in similar yield. Due to chlorine’s nucleophilic properties, 1,1-dichloro-silacyclobutane proves to be a useful intermediate to accessing further structurally modified silacyclobutanes through nucleophilic substitution.[1] Indeed, as proof of concept, Laane synthesized silacyclobutane-1,1-d2 species using LiAlD4, a deuterated, strong reducing agent analogous to LiAlH4[20] In 1980, Auner and Grobe further expanded the collection of known silacyclobutanes through substitution of the SiCl2-containing silacyclobutane using dimethylamine, Grignard reagents, and sodium cyclopentadienide.[21]

Nucleophilic substitution of SiCl2-containing silacyclobutane using dimethylamine, Grignard reagents, sodium cyclopentadienide,[21] and LiAlD4[20].

[2+2] Cycloaddition with Alkenes

Alternatively, silacyclobutanes can be prepared through [2+2] cycloaddition reaction with alkenes.[1] Jones et. al demonstrate this using in situ formed vinyldimethylchlorosilane, t-BuLi, and 1,3-butadiene to form a mixture of disilacyclobutanes, monosilacyclobutanes, and silicon-containing products (1).[22][23] When 1,3-butadiene is utilized as a trapping reagent, the reaction is high yielding and E/Z stereochemical products are formed in moderate ratio (2).[24]

[2+2] cycloaddition with alkenes to form silacyclobutanes as a mixture of disilacyclobutanes, monosilacyclobutanes, and silicon-containing products (1)[22][23] or the E/Z stereochemical products (2)[24].

Reactivity

Aldol and Allylation Reactions

[25][26][27]

Strain-Release Lewis Acids

Proposed by Denmark and Sweis in 2002, the term “strain-release Lewis acid” describes the enhanced Lewis acidity of silacyclobutanes that arises from the reduction of ring strain in four-membered ring systems upon coordination by a Lewis base.[2] In silacyclobutane, the ring angle is compressed (79° vs 109° in typical tetrahedron) which poses significant strain on the molecule. Coordination of a fifth ligand lowers the ring strain due to formation of a distorted trigonal bipyramid silicon center (79° vs 90° typical trigonal bipyramidal).[28] This pathway is thermodynamically favored, increasing the tendency of silacyclobutanes to undergo activation by a nucleophile.

Silacylobutane as a “strain-release lewis acid” resulting from favorable coordination of a fifth ligand reducing the ring strain through the formation of a distorted trigonal bipyramidal silicon (79° vs 90° typical trigonal bipyramid).[28]

Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling

Indeed, the enhanced Lewis acidity of silacyclobutanes has been readily explotited in the cross-coupling reaction of alkenyl silacyclobutanes with alkenyl and aryl halides using an activator, such as TBAF, and palladium catalyst to form the cross-coupling products at room temperature in high yield while retaining olefin geometry of the partners (1).[29] Vinyl and propenyl silacyclobutanes can also be useful cross-coupling partners at moderate conditions (2).[30] Further, aryl silacylobutanes can be used as a cross-coupling reagent to form biaryls, although the reaction typically must be refluxed and tri-tert-butyl added to suppress competing homo-coupling (3).[28]

Cross-coupling reaction of alkenyl (1),[29] vinyl/propenyl (2),[30] and aryl silacyclobutanes (3)[28] with alkenyl and aryl halides using an activator and palladium catalyst.

enoxysila-

cyclobutanes underwent uncatalyzed aldol addition (except

compound 8, Table 1, entry 4) with aldehydes,

Specifically, for

silacyclobutanes, the reaction with nucleophiles allows for relief

of the strain energy via rehybridization of the geometry at silicon

from tetrahedral to trigonal bipyramidal upon formation of a

pentacoordinate species.

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Ring Opening

The strain-release Lewis acidity of silacyclobutanes can be harnessed in tandem with transition-metal-catalysts to facilitate Si-C bond cleavage and ring-opening. These types of reactions have been leveraged to trigger anionic polymerization in many reported syntheses of functional polymers. Qui-Chao et al. go as far to say silacyclobutanes are, “not only building blocks in organic synthesis but also an emerging class of monomers in polymer chemistry.”[2]

In general, platinum and palladium complexes are known to efficiently promote catalytic ring opening of silacyclobutanes. Weyenberg and Nelson extensively demonstrated this in 1964 utilizing a platinum metal as a catalyst to hydrosilate a series of silacyclobutanes (1) and showed that the reaction involved exchange of Si-H of the hydrosilane and Si-C of silacyclobutane.[31] They hypothesized that silacyclobutanes might undergo oxidative-addition with platinum to form 1-platina-2-silacyclobutane. A notable palladium-catalyzed ring opening reaction was reported by Tanaka et. al using acid chloride in the presence of triethylamine in mild contains to produce 1-phenyl-4-(chlorodimethylsilyl)-1-butanone in high yield (2).[32] Further, these same researchers observed and deciphered the mechanism behind regioselective ring-opening products being obtained in good yield from silacyclobutanes and aryl iodides with a Pd(PPh3)4 catalyst (3).[33]

Platinum and palladium-catalyzed ring opening reactions with silacyclobutanes.

In effort to utilize more abundant and affordable catalysts for ring-opening, Oshima et. al demonstrated the viability of nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (1)[34] and terminal alkenes (2),[35] retaining stereoselectivity and regioselectivity.

Nickel-catalyzed ring-opening of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes (1)[34] and terminal alkenes (2).[35]

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Ring Expansion

Ring expansion as a means to form a diverse array of sila-heterocycles along with the underlying mechanisms governing this phenomena remain an area of research. In particular, ring expansion using silacyclobutanes has been useful in synthesizing cyclic silly eno.s ethers which are useful precursors in organosilicon chemistry.[2] Ring expansion has been shown to commence with insertion with SO2,[36] SO3,[37] phosphorous ylides,[38] acid chloride,[32] palladium catalysts,[32] platinum catalysts,[32] nickel catalysts,[34] along with others.[2] Noteable reactions include palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (1)[39] and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (2)[34].

Palladium-catalyzed ring expansion cycloaddition of silacyclobutane with alkynes (1)[39] and nickel-catalyzed ring expansion of silacyclobutanes with aldehydes to form cyclic enol ethers (2)[34].

Photophysical Properties

References

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