The catalytic hydrosilylation of alkynes and ketones has been explored utilizing palladium- and nickel(allyl) complexes supported by 3-iminophosphine ligands. Palladium and nickel demonstrated distinctly different reactivity profiles, with palladium proving very effective for the hydrosilylation of electron-deficient alkynes, while nickel excelled with ketones and internal alkynes. Additionally, in many cases, regioselective hydrosilylation was observed.
A new allylpalladium triflate catalyst with a dimesitylphosphine moiety was synthesized, isolated, and characterized. The greatly increased steric bulk on the phosphine of this palladium catalyst inhibited product isomerization, which is often observed after hydroamination of terminal allenes with secondary amines. The considerably reduced rate of isomerization facilitated the isolation of many previously unknown branched allylamines, products that were inaccessible when using other, more active 3-iminophosphine palladium catalysts.
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