Ruthenium carbene complexes are versatile catalysts for olefin metathesis. Because of their exceptional functional group tolerance, ease of operation, and insensitivity toward oxygen and water, these catalysts have revolutionized olefin synthesis through more efficient and perhaps greener methods. During the past decade researchers have begun to explore non-metathetical uses of the ruthenium alkylidene complexes as well. Toward this end, these catalysts have been employed to achieve various reactions such as Karasch addition, oxidation processes, hydrosilylations, hydrogenation of olefins, cyclopropanation, and cycloaddition reactions. Here we report Ruthenium alkylidine catalyzed alkene hydrosilylation, dehydrogenative silyaltion and inputs for their mechanistic pathways to achieve alkyl and vinyl silanes.

Non-metathetic synthetic applications and mechanistic inputs of Grubbs' type Ruthenium alkylidine catalysts

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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