Y. Watanabe et al., CO2(CO)8-CATALYZED RING-OPENING CARBONYLATION OF CYCLIC ETHERS USING N-SILYLAMINES, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 67(3), 1994, pp. 879-882
Co2(CO)8-catalyzed ring-opening carbonylation of oxiranes and oxetane
smoothly proceeds with high regioselectivity under 1 atm of carbon mon
oxide at room temperature to give the corresponding beta- and gamma-si
loxy amides in high yields, respectively. [(R3Si)2NR1R2]+[Co-(CO)4]- i
s thought to be an active catalyst species and directs the high regios
electivity of the carbonylation.