Formation of silacycles via metal-mediated or catalyzed Si-C bond cleavage

Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Coupling of 2-Silylaryl Bromides with Alkynes: Synthesis of Benzosiloles and Heteroarene-Fused Siloles by Catalytic Cleavage of the C(sp3)Si Bond

(2012) Yun Liang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-catalyzed silyl C(sp3)–H bond activation

(2012) Yun Liang et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Zirconocene and Si-Tethered Diynes: A Happy Match Directed toward Organometallic Chemistry and Organic Synthesis

(2011) Wen-Xiong Zhang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Iron-catalyzed aryl- and alkenyllithiation of alkynes and its application to benzosilole synthesis

(2011) Eiji Shirakawa et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-Pot Selective Syntheses of 5-Azaindoles through Zirconocene-Mediated Multicomponent Reactions with Three Different Nitrile Components and One Alkyne Component

(2011) Shaoguang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzosilolo[2,3-b]indoles via Cleavage of a C(sp3)–Si Bond and Consequent Intramolecular C(sp2)–Si Coupling

(2011) Yun Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

One-Pot Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyridazines and Pyrrole-2,3-diones via Zirconocene-Mediated Four-Component Coupling of Si-Tethered Diyne, Nitriles, and Azide

(2011) Shaoguang Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes: Reaction and Synthetic Applications

(2010) Zhenfeng Xi   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of N-Containing Heterocycles by Multicomponent Coupling of Silicon-Tethered Diynes, Nitriles, and Isocyanides through Intramolecular Cyclization of IminoacylZr Intermediates

(2010) Shaoguang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Formation of α-Lithio Siloles from Silylated 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-Butadienes: Mechanism and Applications

(2010) Qian Luo et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Silylene Transfer to Allylic Sulfides: Formation of Substituted Silacyclobutanes

(2010) Bryan J. Ager et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cleavage and Reorganization of Zr−C/Si−C Bonds Leading to Zr/Si−N Organometallic and Heterocyclic Compounds

(2010) Shaoguang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Silylene-Mediated Polarity Reversal of Dienoates: Additions of Dienoates to Aldehydes at the δ-Position To Formtrans-Dioxasilacyclononenes

(2010) Christian C. Ventocilla et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hyperbranched Conjugated Polysiloles: Synthesis, Structure, Aggregation-Enhanced Emission, Multicolor Fluorescent Photopatterning, and Superamplified Detection of Explosives

(2010) Jianzhao Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Insertion Reactions with Alkylidenesilacyclopropanes

(2010) Kay M. Buchner et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Zirconium- and Silicon-Containing Intermediates with Three Fused Rings in a Zirconocene-Mediated Intermolecular Coupling Reaction

(2009) Wen-Xiong Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of Azaindoles and Pyrroles from One Molecule of a Silicon-Tethered Diyne and Three or Two Molecules of Organonitriles Mediated by Zirconocene

(2009) Shaoguang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rhodium-Catalyzed Coupling of 2-Silylphenylboronic Acids with Alkynes Leading to Benzosiloles: Catalytic Cleavage of the Carbon−Silicon Bond in Trialkylsilyl Groups

(2009) Mamoru Tobisu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling of 2-[(2-Pyrrolyl)silyl]aryl Triflates through 1,2-Silicon Migration

(2009) Kenji Mochida et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Insertions of Silylenes into Vinyl Epoxides: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized, Optically Activetrans-Dioxasilacyclooctenes

(2009) Michel Prévost et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

“One-Pot” Reaction Involving Ring Formation of Silole, Thiophene Ring-Opening Alkynylation, and S−S Coupling

(2009) Wei Wu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Star-Shaped Silacyclobutene-Containing π-Systems: Synthesis and Optical Properties

(2009) Junhui Liu et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis of functionalized siloles from Si-tethered diynes

(2009) Qian Luo et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Diverse Reactions of 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes with Nitriles: Facile Access to Tricyclic Δ1-Bipyrrolines, Multiply Substituted Pyridines, Siloles, and (Z,Z)-Dienylsilanes by Tuning of Substituents on the Butadienyl Skeleton

(2008) Nan Yu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed Formal Cycloaddition of Silacyclobutanes with Enones: Synthesis of Eight-Membered Cyclic Silyl Enolates

(2008) Koji Hirano et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Formation and Utility of Azasilacyclopentadienes Derived from Silacyclopropenes and Nitriles

(2008) Laura L. Anderson et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS