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Trimethoxysilane (TMS)


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A transition-metal-free catalytic hydrosilylation based on t-BuOK (5 mol %) and (MeO)3SiH or (EtO)3SiH allows the reduction of tertiary amides to their corresponding enamines with high selectivity in very good yields.
A. Volkov, F. Tinnis, H. Adolfsson, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 680-683.


A Ni-catalyzed radical transfer strategy enables an efficient, modular, asymmetric hydrogenation and hydroalkylation of alkenyl fluorides with primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl halides under mild conditions. The transformation provides facile access to structurally complex secondary and tertiary α-fluoro amide products from readily available starting materials with excellent substrate compatibility.
F. Chen, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, Z.-X. Yu, L. Chu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 11418-11431.


A Mn-catalyzed N-F bond activation enables a visible-light-promoted generation of amidyl radicals from N-fluorosulfonamides. In the presence of a cheap silane, (MeO)3SiH as hydrogen-atom donor and F-atom acceptor, intra- and intermolecular hydroaminations of alkenes, two-component carboamination of alkenes, and even three-component carboamination of alkenes can be realized.
Y.-X. Ji, J. Li, C.-M. Li, S. Qu, B. Zhang, Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 207-212.