Vinyl Acetate → Tetraethylsilane

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Reaction Steps

In a reactor were placed di-μ-chlorobis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)diiridium(I) [IrCl(cod)]2 (0.05 mmol), vinyl acetate (20 mmol), and toluene (3 ml). The mixture was raised in temperature to 40° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, triethylsilane (Et3SiH) (5 mmol) was added thereto over one hour, and a reaction was carried out at 40° C. for one hour. After the reaction, the reaction mixture was analyzed by gas chromatography to find that vinyltriethylsilane was produced in a yield of 36% and tetraethylsilane and acetic ester of triethylsilanol were by-produced in yields of 7% and 12%, respectively.

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