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alkynes; catalysts; copper; crosslinking; gelation; hydrocolloids; polymers; temperature
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... The strategy for in situ chemical gelation of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-hydroxylethyl methacrylate) [P(NIPAAm-co-HEMA)]-based polymers was demonstrated. Two types of new P(NIPAAm-co-HEMA) derivatives with alkyne and azide pendant groups, respectively, were prepared. When the solutions of the two derivatives were mixed together, a crosslinking reaction, a type of Huisgen's 1,3-dipolar azide-alk ...
... Cationic substitutionally inert cyclometalated ruthenium (II) and osmium (II) complexes, ([Mt(o-C₆H₄-2-py)(LL)₂]PF₆), where LL-1,10-phenanthroline (phen) or 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), were used for radical polymerization of styrene. Gradual modification of the complexes within the series allowed comparison of the catalytic activity and the redox properties. There was no correlation between the reduci ...
active sites; carbon dioxide; catalysts; composite materials; electrochemistry; graphene; graphene oxide; hydrogen production; nanoflowers; surface area
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... A new composite material consisting of 0D MoS2 nanodots and 3D MoS2 nano-flowers grown on porous reduced graphene oxide (P-rGO) was synthesized via a two-step process. The P-rGO with a surface area of 759 m2 g−1 was obtained by CO2 activation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) at 800 °C. MoS2 was then grown on the P-rGO under hydrothermal conditions. Compared to the nonactivated rGO, P-rGO has functi ...
catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; organic chemistry; organic compounds; salts
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... A new efficient and highly recyclable organocatalyst has been developed for asymmetric cross-aldol reactions under neat conditions in ketone–ketone, ketone–aldehyde, and aldehyde–aldehyde systems. The catalyst features two prolinamide fragments and a C₂-symmetrical (1,2-diaminoethane-1,2-diyl)bis(N-methylpyridinium) group. The catalyst retained high activity and excellent stereoselection over the ...
... A new synthesis strategy has been developed to synthesize exclusively (100)-surface-exposed CeO₂ nanocubes (∼90 nm), formed through three dimensional (3D) self-assembly of smaller ceria nanocrystal building blocks, as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for multiple selective oxidation reactions. To compare the effect of morphology on catalysis, 1D CeO₂ nanorods have also been tested in parallel. ...
catalysts; chemical elements; chemical reactions; chemical structure; organic compounds; solvents; stereochemistry
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... Four novel chiral imidazolium tagged molecules derived from dipeptide (2S,4R)-Hyp-(S)-Phe-OMe were prepared and evaluated as organocatalysts in the asymmetric aldol reaction using water as solvent. It was found that catalysts incorporating the hexanoyl linker are active down to 5 mol% and afford aldol products with up to 94% yield, up to 98:2 dr and up to 97:3 er. This chiral imidazolium catalyst ...
acids; aldehydes; alkynes; amides; carbon-hydrogen bond activation; catalysts; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; chemical structure; ketones; olefin; organic chemistry; ruthenium; water solubility
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... The synthetic chemists always look for developing new catalysts, sustainable catalysis, and their applications in various organic transformations. Herein, we report a new class of water-soluble complexes, (Ar-tpy)Ruᴵᴵ(ACN)₃, utilizing designed terpyridines possessing electron-donating and -withdrawing aromatic residues for tuning the catalytic activity of the Ru(II) complex. These complexes displa ...
... Living polymerizations of internal alkynes (2-hexyne, 3-hexyne, 4-methyl-2-pentyne, and 1-phenyl-1-propyne) have been demonstrated at 50 °C by (arylimido)niobium(V)–alkylidene complex catalysts, Nb(CHSiMe₃)(NAr)[OC(CF₃)₃](PMe₃)₂ [Ar = 2,6-Me₂C₆H₃ (4a), 2-MeC₆H₄ (4c), and 2,6-Cl₂C₆H₃ (4d)], in the presence of PMe₃, which plays an essential role to proceed the living polymerization without certain c ...
... Novel (B,N)-doped three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene–carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be used as an excellent alkaline and acid tolerant electrocatalyst for both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Based on density functional theory, the H and O atoms’ pre-and post-adsorption energy can effectively reduce the reaction energy barrier. ...
... A simple, facile and highly efficient one-pot synthesis of a pharmaceutically interesting diverse kind of functionalized 2-amino-4H-chromene by a straightforward three-component reaction of an aromatic aldehyde, malononitrile (or ethyl cyanoacetate) and diverse enolizable C–H activated acidic compounds in the presence of a catalytic amount of (CTA)₃[SiW₁₂]–Li⁺–MMT is reported as a novel, environme ...
... Air-stable iron carbonyl compounds bearing cyclopentadienone ligands with varying substitution were explored as catalysts in dehydrogenative diol lactonization reactions using acetone as both the solvent and hydrogen acceptor. Two catalysts with trimethylsilyl groups in the 2- and 5-positions, [2,5-(SiMe₃)₂-3,4-(CH₂)₄(η⁴-C₄C═O)]Fe(CO)₃ (1) and [2,5-(SiMe₃)₂-3,4-(CH₂)₃(η⁴-C₄C═O)]Fe(CO)₃ (2), were f ...
... (DiMeIHeptCˡ)Pd, a hyper-branched N-aryl Pd NHC catalyst, has been shown to be efficient at performing amine arylation reactions in solvent-free (“melt”) conditions. The highly lipophilic environment of the alkyl chains flanking the Pd center serves as lubricant to allow the complex to navigate through the paste-like environment of these mixtures. The protocol can be used on a multi-gram scale to ...
alkenes; biphenyl; catalysts; chemical reactions; isomers; platinum
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... (Dicyclopentadiene) platinum(II) dichloride was found to be an efficient hydrosilylation catalyst (homogeneous) upon a wide variety of functionalized alkenes and alkenes terminated with chemical moieties (diphenyl amino-, N-carbazol- and N-isoindoline-1,3-dione-). It is noteworthy that the hydrosilylation of aminated alkenes with triethoxysilane exhibited the yield of over 70% and the selectivity ...
... A novel Pd/Cu-catalyzed chemoselective aerobic oxidative N-dealkylation/carbonylation reaction has been developed. Tertiary amines are utilized as a “reservoir” of “active” secondary amines in this transformation, which inhibits the formation of undesired by-products and the deactivation of the catalysts. This protocol allows for an efficient and straightforward construction of synthetically usefu ...
... A facile approach is reported to synthesize (Fe,Co)@nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon (NGC) nanocubes (NCs) via the pyrolysis of polydopamine-encapsulated Fe₃[Co(CN)₆]₂ NCs at 700 °C. Besides the comparable catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to the Pt/C catalyst, it showed much more outstanding catalytic selectivity and superior durability. ...
... Transition metal- and N-codoped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have superior catalytic activity because the curling surface enhances the bonding ability of atoms within CNTs to other species. However, it is a great challenge to prepare CNTs with transition metal- and N-doped at high level during the growth of CNTs. Here, (Fe,N-codoped CNT)/(Fe-based nanoparticle) (Fe,N-CNT/FeNP) hybrid nanostructures are ...
X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; catalysts; irradiation; magnetic properties; magnetism; nanoparticles; photocatalysis; sol-gel processing; transmission electron microscopes; transmission electron microscopy
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... Fe₃N and (Fe₁₋ₓNiₓ)₃N nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared via a simple sol–gel method. The structures, morphology, and magnetic properties of the NPs are investigated using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope. It is shown that (Fe₁₋ₓNiₓ)₃N possess a spherical morphology with a core–shell structure from the TEM results. The magnetic properties of Fe₃N ...
Lewis bases; X-ray diffraction; alkynes; bromides; catalysts; copper; enantiomers; enantioselectivity; guanidinium; ligands; mass spectrometry; organobromine compounds
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... Highly enantioselective allylic alkynylation of racemic bromides under biphasic condition is furnished in this report. This approach employs functionalized terminal alkynes as pro-nucleophiles and provides 6- and 7-membered cyclic 1,4-enynes with high yields and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee) under mild conditions. Enantioretentive derivatizations highlight the synthetic utility of ...
catalysts; electrochemistry; electrolytes; oxygen; oxygen production
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... Developing low-cost, highly efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is desirable for rechargeable metal–air batteries. Herein, a series of perovskite structured (La₀.₆₅Sr₀.₃)₀.₉₅FeO₃₋δ catalysts with A-site deficiency were synthesized through a scalable solid state synthesis method at different calcination temperatures. The electrocata ...
... A versatile salt–sugar method is developed to synthesize a (N, B) dual heteroatom-doped three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical porous carbon network. Through freeze drying and a two-stage heating process, the N and B atoms can be atomically dispersed into the carbon structure with high doping levels (N, 10.2 at. %; B, 8.86 at. %). The as-prepared metal-free catalyst exhibit a high CO₂-to-CO Faradaic ...
ammonium; catalysts; ceric ammonium nitrate; chemical structure; cycloaddition reactions; nitriles
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... Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is found to be a suitable, inexpensive, and effective non-toxic catalyst for a smooth (3+2) cycloaddition of organic nitriles with NaN3 to afford 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles in excellent yields. Shorter reaction times, easy work-up, and substantial and pure product formation are the key advantages of the present method. ...
catalysts; chemical bonding; chemical reactions; cyclohexanes
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... A silicon–aluminum heterocycle LAl(SiH₂SiH₂)₂AlL (L = PhC(NtBu)₂) (1) was prepared. Compound 1 exhibits a unique (N₂Al)₂(SiH₂)₄ centrosymmetric six-membered ring structure with a chair conformation, which is comparable with that of cyclohexane. Furthermore, two intermediate analogues, silylene–alane adduct LSi(AlMe₃)–Si(AlMe₃)L (2) and silylene–alane oxidative product [LAlHSiH₂Mes]₂ (3) were obtai ...
aromatic compounds; catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; cyclohexanes; esters
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... (R)-(+)-N-methylbenzoguanidine ((R)-NMBG) functioned as an efficient acyl transfer catalyst for the acylative kinetic resolution of racemic β-hydroxy esters using cyclohexane carboxylic anhydride under mild reaction conditions. A tert-butyl ester moiety is necessary to achieve a high selectivity. The effects of the substituents on the aromatic rings of the substrates were systematically investigat ...
... Chiral ionic liquids containing (S)- or (R)-threonine amide and α,α-(S)-diphenylvalinol units were synthesized In the presence of the (S)-threonine-derived catalyst reactions between ketones with secondary carbon atom(s) at the α-position with respect to the carbonyl group and aromatic (heteroaromatic) aldehydes afforded the corresponding syn-aldols in high yields (up to 99%) and with high diaster ...
catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; dimethyl sulfoxide; urea
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... Bordwell’s method of overlapping indicators was used to determine the pKₐ values of some of the most popular (thio)urea organocatalysts via UV spectrophotometric titrations. The incremental effect of CF₃ groups on acidic strength was also investigated. The pKₐ’s are in the range of 8.5–19.6. The results may lead to a better understanding of noncovalent organocatalysis and may aid in future catalys ...
catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; organic compounds; sulfides
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... A dual catalyst system using THT-based chiral sulfide 2a and H-bond donor 10a was developed for the asymmetric imino Corey–Chaykovsky reaction. Under the optimum reaction conditions, cinnamyl bromide reacted with a wide scope of N-diphenylphosphinic aldimines, to give the major trans-aryl cinnamyl aziridines with up to 98% ee. The role of H-bond donor 10a was demonstrated empirically as well. ...
... This study reports the synthesis and property evaluation of UV/oxidative dual curing waterborne polyurethane dispersion prepared from cardanol-based polyol using different mode of curing. Cardanol-based polyol was prepared by reacting epoxidized cardanol with itaconic acid in presence of triphenyl phosphine catalyst. Structures of cardanol-based intermediates (both epoxidized cardanol and polyol) ...
ambient temperature; catalysts; cycloaddition reactions; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; polyethylene glycol; polymerization; solvents
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... Tailor-made water-soluble macromolecules, including a glycopolymer, obtained by living/controlled RAFT-mediated polymerization are demonstrated to react in water with diene-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)s without pre- or post-functionalization steps or the need for a catalyst at ambient temperature. As previously observed in organic solvents, hetero-Diels–Alder (HDA) conjugations reached qua ...
... A Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of potassium (3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-yn-1-yl)trifluoroborate providing either the (Z)- or (E)-isomer of the vinylborate in >98% purity is described. The initially formed (Z)-isomer of the alkene is transformed to the (E)-isomer with time, irrespective of the catalyst used; coupling with bromo- and iodoarenes provides a variety of (Z)- or (E)-β-trifluoromethylstyrenes. A ...
... A highly (Z)-selective hydroboration of terminal alkynes was achieved using a thioxanthene-based PSP–pincer rhodium catalyst. This hydroboration exhibited good chemoselectivity toward alkynes over carbonyl compounds such as ketones and aldehydes. The mechanistic studies indicated the involvement of rhodium–vinylidene intermediates, and the high (Z)-selectivity could be attributed to the rigid and ...
catalysts; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; ligands; phosphine
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... The vinylideneruthenium(ii) complexes bearing bulky and basic tertiary phosphine ligands, RuCl₂(CCHPh)L₂ (L = PPrⁱ₃, PCy₃), serve as good catalyst precursors for (Z)-selective cross-dimerization between arylacetylenes and silylacetylenes in the presence of N-methylpyrrolidine. ...
... A bimetallic protocol has been developed to construct (Z)-γ-alkylidenebutenolide compounds from readily available propargyl α-ketoesters. It involves a gold-catalyzed 1,3-acyloxy migration of propargyl α-ketoesters and a carbonyl-ene cyclization of in situ generated allenyl esters. DFT calculations suggest that the copper salt might play dual roles as both chloride abstractor facilitating the gene ...
... (η⁴-Tetrafluorobenzobarrelene)-η¹-((tri-4-fluorophenyl)phosphine)-η¹-(2-phenylphenyl)rhodium(I), Rh(tfb)(biph)(PAr₃), was prepared and evaluated as a catalyst in the controlled, stereospecific (co)polymerization of arylacetylenes. Following recrystallization, the complex was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, including ¹⁰³Rh an ...
Gibbs free energy; adsorption; carbon; catalysts; chemical bonding; density functional theory; electrolysis; energy conservation; hydrazine; hydrogen; hydrogen production; nanoparticles; oxidation; potassium hydroxide; rhodium
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... The development of highly effective and low-cost electrocatalysts for energy-saving hydrogen production via water splitting is still a great challenge. Herein, porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanobowls (N-CBs) have been designed and used for the controlled growth of ultrafine rhodium (Rh) nanoparticles. With the aid of interfacial bonding of Rh and N, ultrafine Rh nanoparticles with an average size o ...
... A systematic study on several spent catalysts, withdrawn from different terephthalic acid purification reactors loaded with the same fresh catalyst (0.5wt.% Pd/C, type D3065, supplied by Chimet SpA), has been carried out. Spent catalysts characterized by different lifetimes, position in the catalytic bed, sintering degree, and types of contaminant (mainly S, Pb, and Mo) have been investigated by T ...
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; active sites; catalysts; electrochemistry; electrolysis; electron transfer; hydrogen; hydrogen production; nanoparticles; titanium; vanadium
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... As a member of the family of so-called MXenes, two-dimensional vanadium carbide (V2CTx, denoted as V-MXene) used in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is still in the stage of theoretical study without significant experimental exploration. Here, we present the theoretical and experimental studies on the intrinsic structural and electrochemical properties of V-MXene-based hybrid (Ni ...
... It is of great importance to exploit and design efficient and low-cost alternatives to platinum-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this work, we report novel well-defined 0D/2D heterojunctions of uniform molybdenum carbide-tungsten carbide quantum dots ((Mo₂C)ₓ–(WC)₁₋ₓ–QDs, ∼3–5 nm)/N-doped graphene (NG) nanosheets with a two-dimensional layered structure obtained ...
antibiotics; catalysts; catalytic activity; composite polymers; light; macropores; mass transfer; norfloxacin; oxidation; pollutants; pollution; pollution control; polystyrenes; singlet oxygen; surface area
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... Photo-Fenton process is an advanced oxidation technology, which is used to eliminate organic pollutants in environmental pollution. In this paper, g-C₃N₄ quantum dots incorporated hierarchical macro-mesoporous CuO-SiO₂ (MM SC-QDs) composite was successfully fabricated by a dual-template method combined with polystyrene sphere (PS) crystal and copolymer F127. With the presence of H₂O₂, MM SC-QDs ex ...
catalysts; catalytic activity; electrochemistry; nanosheets; oxygen production
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... The development of highly-efficient catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) or oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is highly crucial for the commercial applications of some novel energy-related devices. Herein, using comprehensive first-principles computations, the potential of a variety of single metal-based catalysts supported by MoSe₂ nanosheet to boost the ORR or OER process was evaluated. T ...
... An unusual chemoselective 1,1-addition of α-C₂-bridged biphospholes to terminal alkynes is reported. The developed protocol provides simple access to the unknown 1,3-diphosphepines, which has potential applications in the coordination and catalyst chemistry. Their Pd and Mo complexes were studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. This method features excellent chemoselectivity, high st ...
catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; hydrogen bonding; organic compounds
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... A new class of hydrogen bond donor catalysts based on the 1,1-diamino-2-nitroethylene scaffold has been introduced for the activation of trans-β-nitrostyrenes toward reactions with a range of carbon-based nucleophiles, affording the corresponding adducts in excellent yields. Importantly, this new set of organocatalysts is easily prepared from commercially available starting materials in mild react ...
catalysts; cobalt; differential scanning calorimetry; isomers; isoprene; ligands; magnesium; molecular weight; new family; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; polymerization; polymers; temperature
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... Metal‐catalyzed selective isoprene polymerization has been a major entry toward cis‐1,4, trans‐1,4, and 3,4 isomers of polyisoprene, however, 1,2 selective polymerization of isoprene has not yet been achieved due to the steric problem. In this work, difluoro cobalt complexes carrying aminophosphory (‐HN‐P(=O) ᵗBu₂‐) fused pyrazol‐pyridine ligand has been prepared and characterized. In combination ...
... 1,2,3-Trimethoxypropane (1,2,3-TMP) was prepared from glycerol in one step in good yield and selectivity by phase transfer catalysis. According to OECD guidelines, a toxicity study was realized for this compound. It revealed that 1,2,3-TMP has a low acute toxicity, no skin sensitization, no mutagenicity and no ecotoxicity in an aquatic environment. This compound was also used as a solvent for the ...
aldehydes; aromatic amines; catalysts; chemical structure; indoles; oxidation
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... 2-Alkynylcyclohexadienimines, derived from the oxidation of 2-alkynylanilines, react with aromatic amines leading to N-arylindoles with a 4-amino substitution. The reaction was metal-controlled, and Bi(OTf)₃ proved to be the best catalyst. The resulting 4-amino N-arylindoles could be converted to azepino[4,3,2-cd]indoles through condensation with aldehydes. ...
... A new intermolecular 1,2-alkylarylation of styrenes with α-carbonyl alkyl bromides and indoles using fac-[Ir(ppy)₃] as the photoredox catalyst has been developed. The method allows the simultaneous formation of two new carbon–carbon bonds through three component reaction, and represents a new single-electron transfer (SET) strategy for the 1,2-alkylarylation of the styrenes with broad substrate sc ...
Lewis bases; aldehydes; ammonium acetate; catalysts; enols; nitriles; pyridines; salts
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... The reactivity of 1,2-benzoxathiin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide was studied in multicomponent type reactions for the first time, namely, in a three-component interaction with active methylene nitriles and aromatic aldehydes in order to construct condensed 2-amino-4H-pyran derivatives. The reaction outcome strongly depended on the nature of an active methylene nitrile and an arenecarbaldehyde. Application ...
... Herein, we report the first example of an effective and green approach for the oxidative cleavage of olefins to carboxylic acids using a 1,2-dibutoxyethane/O₂ system under clean conditions. This novel oxidation system also has excellent functional-group tolerance and is applicable for large-scale synthesis. The target products were prepared in good to excellent yields by a one-pot sequential trans ...
aldehydes; catalysts; chemical reactions; enantioselectivity; titanium
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... Highly enantioselective silylcyanation of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes was achieved by using a 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine linked chiral Ti(iv) complex as the catalyst. ...
... The upgrading of glycerol, a byproduct from biodiesel production, is important for developing more sustainable biomass conversion technologies. Nonetheless, the low vapor pressure and structural complexity of glycerol limit mechanistic studies of gas-phase reactions on model surfaces and powder catalysts. In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of using 1,2-propanediol (PDO) as a surrogate co ...
... Selective 1,2-hydrosilylation of 1,3-dienes is a challenging problem in transition metal catalysis. Butadiene, specifically, would be a useful substrate because 3-butenylsilane products have promise as superior coupling reagents for hybrid organic/inorganic materials synthesis. We report the first selective 1,2-hydrosilylation of conjugated dienes including butadiene. Hydrosilylation proceeds thro ...