Testing the functional tolerance of the Piers-Rubinsztajn reaction: a new strategy for functional siliconesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Preparative descriptions and spectroscopic data for the compounds in Table 1, and compounds 6-8. See DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00369g

The Piers-Rubinsztajn reaction, involving B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 -catalyzed siloxane formation from hydrosilanes + alkoxysilanes, is tolerant of a wide variety of functional groups, and provides a generic strategy for the preparation of structurally complex functional silicones. B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 -catalyzed siloxane formation from hydrosilanes + alkoxysilanes is tolerant of a wide variety of functional groups.