Supported Au Nanoparticles-Catalyzed Regioselective Dehydrogenative Disilylation of Allenes by Dihydrosilane.

Supported Au nanoparticles on TiO2 catalyze the unprecedented dehydrogenative disilylation of monosubstituted and 1,1-disubstituted allenes by Et2 SiH2 exclusively on the terminal double bond in a stereoselective manner. Treatment of the disilylation products with H2 O, in a one-pot operation also catalyzed by Au/TiO2 , leads to 3-alkylidene-1,2,5-oxadisilolanes, an unknown class of heterocyclic compounds, which are excellent scaffolds for the stereoselective synthesis of alkenes under Hiyama-type cross-coupling conditions.