Photoactivated Silicon–Oxygen and Silicon–Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling with a Commercially Available Iron Compound

Abstract

Si–O and Si–N heterodehydrocoupling catalyzed by the commercially available iron dimer (<b>1</b>) under photochemical conditions is reported. Mechanistic study reveals that the most immediate hurdle in the catalysis is the poor activation of <b>1</b>, demonstrating the necessity to fully activate the catalyst to realize the potential of iron in this reactivity.