Catalytic asymmetric silicon-carbon bond-forming transformations based on Si-H functionalization

Abstract

In view of the exciting advancement on silicon-carbon bond-forming transformations achieved in the past decade, this review intends to show a unified illustration of the recent findings on enantioselective Si-H bond functionalization aided by asymmetric catalysis. Accordingly, this review describes the enantioselective silicon-carbon bond-forming Si-H bond functionalization, focusing on the reactivity and stereoselectivity in catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation, carbene Si-H insertion, Si-H silylation, and Si-C bond-forming cross-coupling reactions that were achieved with high enantioselectivity in the presence of transition-metal catalyst systems. This review highlights recent and representative examples of the enantioselective Si-H bond functionalization, discusses the origins of silicon-involving stereoselectivities, and evaluates the substrate scopes and limitations in these catalytic asymmetric Si-H bond functionalization reactions due to the special reactivity of different hydrosilanes.