A. Mori et M. Suguro, Silicone as a new class of organosilicon reagent for the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction, SYNLETT, (6), 2001, pp. 845-847
Silicone, polyorganosiloxane, serves as an organosilicon reagent for pallad
ium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Treatment of polymethylphenylsiloxa
ne, poly(alkenyl)methylsiloxane, or cyclic oligosiloxanes with various aryl
iodides in the presence of silver(I) oxide or tetrabutylammonium fluoride
and a catalytic amount of Pd(0) affords the corresponding coupling product
in a good to excellent yield.