Electrochemical Silane Hydrolysis

Metal-Free & Mild

Uses cheap halide salts as both mediator and electrolyte to convert hydrosilanes into silanols or alkoxysilanes at room temperature, replacing transition-metal catalysis.

Fu, Zhengjiang · Fei, Xiao · Yin, Jian · Tong, Fei · Guo, Shengmei · Cai, Hu

Green Chemistry 2024

Advantages

moderate to good yields

good functional group tolerance

under ambient conditions

successful scale-up experiments