F. Kakiuchi et al., Ruthenium-catalyzed dehydrogenative silylation of aryloxazolines with hydrosilanes via C-H bond cleavage, CHEM LETT, (5), 2001, pp. 422-423
The reaction of aryloxazolines with trialkylhydrosilanes using Ru-3(CO)(12)
or Ru(H)(2)(CO)(PPh3)(3) complex as a catalyst resulted in dehydrogenative
silylation to form ortho silylated aryloxazolines in good to excellent yie
lds. This reaction can be applied to aryloxazolines having either electron-
donating (NMe2, OMe, and CH3) or -withdrawing (CF3 and F) groups.