We describe the synthesis, characterization,
and catalytic hydrosilylation
activity of platinum(II) di-ω-alkenyl compounds of stoichiometry
PtR2, where R = CH2SiMe2(vinyl) (1) or CH2SiMe2(allyl) (2), and their adducts with 1,5-cyclooctadiene (COD), dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctatetraene (DBCOT), and norbornadiene
(NBD), which can be considered as slow-release sources of the reactive
compounds 1 and 2. At loadings of 0.5 ×
10–6–5 × 10–6 mol
%, 1-COD is an active hydrosilylation catalyst that exhibits
heat-triggered latency: no hydrosilylation activity occurs toward
many olefin substrates even after several hours at 20 °C, but
turnover numbers as high as 200000 are seen after 4 h at 50 °C,
with excellent selectivity for formation of the anti-Markovnikov product.
Activation of the PtII precatalyst occurs via three steps: slow dissociation of COD from 1-COD to form 1, rapid reaction of 1 with silane, and elimination of both ω-alkenyl ligands to
form Pt0 species. The latent catalytic behavior, the high
turnover number, and the high anti-Markovnikov selectivity are a result
of the slow release of 1 from 1-COD at room
temperature, so that the concentration of Pt0 during the
initial stages of the catalysis is negligible. As a result, formation
of colloidal Pt, which is known to cause side reactions, is minimized,
and the amounts of side products are very small and comparable to
those seen for platinum(0) carbene catalysts. The latent reaction
kinetics and high turnover numbers seen for 1-COD after
thermal triggering make this compound a potentially useful precatalyst
for injection molding or solvent-free hydrosilylation applications.