Table 2. Dehydrogenative Coupling of Symmetrical Diols with Diphenylsilane^a.

^aReaction conditions: substrate, 0.8–0.9 mmol; silane, 1.0 equiv; and MnN catalyst, 1.0 mol %. The reactions were carried out in refluxing toluene under N₂, and the conversions of silane were greater than 95%.

^bDetermined by GPC calibrated with polystyrene standard.

^cIsolated yield.

^dDetermined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the second heating cycle.