Recent Advances in Group 14 Cross-Coupling: Si and Ge-Based Alternatives to the Stille Reaction

Title: Recent Advances in Group 14 Cross-Coupling: Si and Ge-Based Alternatives to the Stille Reaction

Volume: 1 Issue: 3

Author(s): Alan C. Spivey, Christopher J. G. Gripton and Joseph P. Hannah

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Keywords: cross-coupling, organosilane, organogermane, siloxane, silanol, germatrane

Abstract: The last fifteen years have seen the Pd-catalysed cross-coupling of organosilanes and organogermanes developed to the point where organosilane cross-couplings in particular are emerging as viable and attractive alternatives to the Stille and Suzuki reactions. In this review, the development of these group 14 cross-coupling reactions is overviewed and the current state-of-the-art assessed. Moreover, some mechanistic considerations are presented that, it is hoped, may encourage efforts to overcome remaining challenges in this important area.

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Spivey C. Alan, Gripton J. G. Christopher and Hannah P. Joseph, Recent Advances in Group 14 Cross-Coupling: Si and Ge-Based Alternatives to the Stille Reaction, Current Organic Synthesis 2004; 1 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570179043366765