%0 Journal Article
%@ 0947-6539
%A Zhao, Q
%A Curran, DP
%A Malacria, M
%A Fensterbank, L
%A Goddard, JP
%A Lacôte, E
%D 2011
%F pittir:17714
%J Chemistry - A European Journal
%N 36
%P 9911 - 9914
%T N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed hydrosilylation of styryl and propargylic alcohols with dihydrosilanes
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17714/
%V 17
%X Reducing alkenes to tears: Addition of structurally diverse N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to silicon allows the reduction of propargylic and styryl alcohols through an organocatalyzed silylation/direct hydride transfer tandem reaction (see scheme). Catalytic turnover is enabled by the switch to and from hypervalent silicon. This provides a new synthetic application of NHC-main group element complexes. Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.