Docherty, Jamie H.
Peng, Jingying
Dominey, Andrew P.
Thomas, Stephen P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-2947
Article History
Received: 18 March 2016
Accepted: 15 November 2016
First Online: 9 January 2017
Change Date: 30 March 2017
Change Type: Corrigendum
Change Details: We are indebted to Professor Paul Chirik for making us aware of a safety concern<sup>33</sup> with the hydrosilylation protocols described in our Article, and for drawing our attention to related publications<sup>24,25,27</sup> that were published while our Article was undergoing peer review. In the version of this article originally published, we neglected to highlight that the reaction of alkoxides with alkoxysilanes is known to liberate pyrophoric SiH<sub>4</sub> (ref. CitationRef removed). Therefore, all appropriate safety precautions should be taken when carrying out reactions involving an alkoxide and silane reagents, particularly in the absence of (pre-)catalyst. Although we have carried out these reactions in our laboratories without incident, one should pay careful attention not to deviate from the order of reagent addition described in the Supplementary Information of the Article. Additionally, we incorrectly assigned the <sup>29</sup>Si resonance of silicon ate complex InternalRef removed. The signal at δ[<sup>29</sup>Si] = −96.2 arises from SiH<sub>4</sub>, generated in situ by alkoxide-catalysed disproportionation of phenylsilane. However, subsequent control experiments (see updated Supplementary Information, page 16) have shown that SiH<sub>4</sub> is unable to activate the iron pre-catalyst. This corrigendum has no effect on the conclusions of the Article.
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.