Allyl acetate → Tetraethylsilane

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In a reactor were placed bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)iridium tetrafluoroborate [Ir(cod)2]+BF4− (0.05 mmol), allyl acetate (20 mmol), and toluene (3 ml). The mixture was raised in temperature to 80° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, triethylsilane (Et3SiH)(5 mmol) was added thereto over one hour, and a reaction was conducted at 80° C. for one hour. After the reaction, the reaction mixture was analyzed by gas chromatography to find that allyltriethylsilane was produced in a yield of 54% and tetraethylsilane was by-produced in a yield of 5%.

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