Rankin Matthew A, Hesp Kevin D, Schatte Gabriele, McDonald Robert, Stradiotto Mark
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jan 14(2):250-2. doi: 10.1039/b713386c. Epub 2007 Oct 25.
Whereas a new coordinatively unsaturated Cp*Ru(kappa(2)-P,O) complex (1a) forms adducts with two-electron donors (including sigma-H(2) and mu-N(2) ligands), double Si-H bond activation is observed upon treatment with Ph(2)SiH(2) or PhSiH(3), leading to the clean formation of products corresponding to the net insertion of a Ph(2)Si: or Ph(H)Si: fragment into the Ru-O bond of 1a.