Planar three-coordinate iron(II) complexes supported by sterically demanding -Si(SiMe 3 ) 2 (SiMe 2 t Bu) ligands.
Reon IshiiYusuke SunadaPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2024)
Sterically demanding organosilyl ligands support the formation of coordinatively unsaturated complexes. In this study, we found that using the ligand -Si(SiMe 3 ) 2 (SiMe 2 t Bu) affords exclusively planar three-coordinate iron bis(silyl) complexes that show good catalytic performance in the hydrosilylation of acetophenone.