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Fan J, Xu J, Ma Q, Yao S, Zhao L, Frenking G, Driess M. Silylene-Stabilized Neutral Dibora-Aromatics with a B═B Bond. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:20458-20467. [PMID: 38980827 PMCID: PMC11273343 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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The unprecedented silylene-supported dibenzodiboraoxepin 2 and 9,10-diboraphenanthrene complexes 6 and 8 were synthesized. The (NHSi)2B2(xanthene) [NHSi = PhC(NtBu)2(Me2N)Si:] 2 results from debromination of the bis(NHSi)-stabilized bis(dibromoboryl)xanthene 1 with potassium graphite (KC8); 2 is capable of activating white phosphorus and ammonia to form the B2P4 cage compound 3 and H2N-B-B-H diborane species 4, respectively. The thermal rearrangement of 2 affords the 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraphenanthrene 5 through a bis(NHSi)-assisted intramolecular reductive C-O-C deoxygenation process. Notably, the 9,10-diboraphenanthrene derivatives 6 and 8 could be generated by deoxygenation of 2 with KC8 and 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene, respectively. The aromaticity of 6 and 8 was confirmed by computational studies. Strikingly, the NHSi ligand in 8 engenders the monodeoxygenation of carbon dioxide in toluene at room temperature to form the CO-stabilized 9,10-diboraphenanthrene derivative 9 via the silaoxadiborinanone intermediate 10.
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- Jun Fan
- Department
of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 115, Sekr. C2, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 115, Sekr. C2, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- State
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department
of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 115, Sekr. C2, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- State
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Fachbereich
Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35032, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 115, Sekr. C2, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Hollister KK, Wentz KE, Gilliard RJ. Redox- and Charge-State Dependent Trends in 5, 6, and 7-Membered Boron Heterocycles: A Neutral Ligand Coordination Chemistry Approach to Boracyclic Cations, Anions, and Radicals. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1510-1522. [PMID: 38708938 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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ConspectusBoron heterocycles represent an important subset of heteroatom-incorporated rings, attracting attention from organic, inorganic, and materials chemists. The empty pz orbital at the boron center makes them stand out as quintessential Lewis acidic molecules, also serving as a means to modulate electronic structure and photophysical properties in a facile manner. As boracycles are ripe for extensive functionalization, they are used in catalysis, chemical biology, materials science, and continue to be explored as chemical synthons for conjugated materials and reagents. Neutral boron(III)-incorporated polycyclic molecules are some of the most studied types of boracycles, and understanding their redox transformations is important for applications relying on electron transfer and charge transport. While relevant redox species can often be electrochemically observed, it remains challenging to isolate and characterize boracycles where the boron center and/or polycyclic skeleton have been chemically reduced.We describe our recent work isolating 5-, 6-, and 7-membered boracyclic radicals, anions, and cations, focusing on stabilization strategies, ligand-mediated bonding situations, and reactivity. We present a versatile neutral ligand coordination chemistry approach that permits the transformation of boracycles from potent electrophiles to powerful nucleophilic heterocycles that facilitate diverse electron transfer and bond activation chemistry. Although there are a wide range of suitable stabilizing ligands, we have employed both diamino-N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and cyclic(alkyl)(amino) carbenes (CAACs), which led to boracycles with tunable electronic structures and aromaticity trends. We highlight successful isolation of borafluorene radicals and demonstrate their reversible redox behavior, undergoing oxidation to the cation or reduction to the anion. The borafluorene anion is a chemical synthon that has been used to prepare boryl main-group and transition-metal bonds, luminescent oxabora-spirocycles, borafluorenate-crown ethers, and CO-releasing molecules via carbon dioxide activation. We expanded to 6-membered boracycles and characterized neutral bis(NHC-supported 9-boraphenanthrene)s and the corresponding bis(CAAC-stabilized 9-boraphenanthrene) biradical. We detail the interconvertible multiredox states of boraphenalene, where the boraphenalenyl radical, anion, and cation mimic the charge-states of the all-hydrocarbon analogue. Reactivity studies of the boraphenalenyl anion displayed unusual nucleophilic reactivity at multiple sites on the periphery of the boraphenalenyl tricyclic scaffold. Reduced borepins, 7-membered boron containing heterocycles, have also been isolated. We used a stepwise one-pot synthesis combining the halo-borepin precursor, CAAC, and KC8 to afford the monomeric borepin radicals and anions. The π-system was extended to contain two borepin rings fused in a pentacyclic scaffold, which permitted isolation of diborepin biradicals and a diborepin containing a dibora-quinone core.Our goal is to provide a guide explaining the current structure-function trends and isolation strategies for redox-active boron-incorporated polycyclic molecules to initiate the rational design and use of these types of compounds across a vast chemical space.
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- Kimberly K Hollister
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Remson Hall, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2625, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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Hollister KK, Molino A, Jones N, Le VV, Dickie DA, Cafiso DS, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Unlocking Biradical Character in Diborepins. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6506-6515. [PMID: 38420913 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Systems that possess open- and closed-shell behavior attract significant attention from researchers due to their inherent redox and charge transport properties. Herein, we report the synthesis of the first diborepin biradicals. They display tunable biradical character based on the steric and electronic profile of the stabilizing ligand and the resulting geometric deviation of the diborepin core from planarity. While there are numerous all-carbon-based biradical systems, boron-based biradical compounds are comparatively rare, particularly ones in which the radical sites are disjointed. Calculations using density functional theory (DFT) and multireference methods demonstrate that the fused diborepin scaffold exhibits high biradical character, up to 95%. Use of a nonsterically demanding diaminocarbene promotes the planarization of the pentacyclic framework, resulting in the synthetic realization of a diborepin containing a dibora-quinoidal core, which possesses a closed-shell ground state and thermally accessible triplet state. The biradicals were structurally authenticated and characterized by both solution and solid-state electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Half-field transitions were observed at low temperatures (about 170 K), confirming the presence of the triplet state. Initial reactivity studies of the biradicals led to the isolation and structural characterization of bis(borepin hydride) and bis(borepin dianion).
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- Kimberly K Hollister
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 18-596, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States
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Eaton M, Zhang Y, Liu SY. Borataalkenes, boraalkenes, and the η 2-B,C coordination mode in coordination chemistry and catalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:1915-1935. [PMID: 38190152 PMCID: PMC10922737 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00730h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
Abstract
Borataalkenes and boraalkenes are the boron-containing isoelectronic analogues of alkenes and vinyl cations respectively. Compared with alkenes, the borataalkene and boraalkene ligand motifs in transition metal coordination chemistry are relatively underexplored. In this review, the synthesis of borataalkene and boraalkene complexes and other transition metal complexes featuring the η2-B,C coordination mode is described. The diversity of coordination modes and geometry in these complexes, and the spectroscopic and structural evidence supporting their assignments is disclosed as well as computational analysis of bonding. The applications of the borataalkene ligand motif in synthetic organic homogeneous catalysis, especially those involving geminal bis(pinacolatoboronates) and 1,4-azaborines, are discussed.
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- Maxwell Eaton
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467-3860, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467-3860, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467-3860, USA.
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA/CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux IPREM UMR 5254. Hélioparc, 2 avenue P. Angot, 64053 Pau cedex 09, France
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Chrysochos N, Pätsch S, Elvers BJ, Krummenacher I, Nandeshwar M, Prabusankar G, Braunschweig H, Schulzke C, Ravat P, Jana A. Introducing an orthogonally polarized electron-rich alkene: synthesis of a zwitterionic boron-containing π-conjugated system. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:12350-12353. [PMID: 37767978 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03975g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
The synthesis of an alkene is reported which is concurrently twisted (twist angle = 86.6(8)°), push-pull (dipole moment = 7.48 D), and electron-rich (E1/2 = -1.45 V and -0.52 V vs. Fc/Fc+) in nature, comprising a unique trinity combination for the alkene class of compounds. Subsequently, this newly synthesized alkene-motif was used as a donor for the synthesis of a zwitterionic boron-containing π-conjugated compound (dipole moment = 12.17 D) through an intramolecular charge transfer process exploiting the π-conjugated donor-acceptor system.
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- Nicolas Chrysochos
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad-500107, India.
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502284, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502284, India.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, D-17489, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Gopanpally, Hyderabad-500107, India.
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Sarkar SK, Hollister KK, Molino A, Obi AD, Deng CL, Tra BYE, Stewart BM, Dickie DA, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Bis(9-Boraphenanthrene) and Its Stable Biradical. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21475-21482. [PMID: 37738168 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
Abstract
Selective and site-specific boron-doping of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon frameworks often give rise to redox and/or photophysical properties that are not easily accessible with the analogous all-carbon systems. Herein, we report ligand-mediated control of boraphenanthrene closed- and open-shell electronic states, which has led to the first structurally characterized examples of neutral bis(9-boraphenanthrene) (2-3) and its corresponding biradical (4). Notably, compounds 2 and 3 show intramolecular charge transfer absorption from the 9-boraphenanthrene units to p-quinodimethane, exhibiting dual (red-shifted) emission in solution due to excited state conjugation enhancement (ESCE). Moreover, while boron-centered monoradicals are ubiquitous, biradical 4 represents a rare type of open-shell singlet compound with 95% biradical character, among the highest of any reported boron-based polycyclic species with two radical sites.
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- Samir Kumar Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086 Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3086 Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Báez-Grez R, Pino-Rios R. On the Importance of Noncovalent Interactions in the Stabilization of Nonconventional Compounds Using Bulky Groups. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:23168-23173. [PMID: 37396283 PMCID: PMC10308520 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
In this article, we studied the capability of bulky groups to contribute to the stabilization of a given compound in addition to the well-known steric effect related to substituents due to their composition (alkyl chains and aromatic groups, among others). For this purpose, the recently synthesized 1-bora-3-boratabenzene anion which contains large substituents was analyzed by means of the independent gradient model (IGM), natural population analysis (NPA) at the TPSS/def2-TZVP level, force field-based energy decomposition analysis (EDA-FF) applying the universal force field (UFF), and molecular dynamics calculations under the GFN2-xTB approach. The results indicate that the bulky groups should not only be considered for their steric effects but also for their ability to stabilize a system that could be very reactive.
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- Rodrigo Báez-Grez
- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas,
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad
Andres Bello, República 275, 8370146 Santiago, Chile
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- Química
y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat., Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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Tamizmani M, Tidwell JR, Reinheimer EW, Lindley BM, Martin CD. Triple-Decker Iron and Cobalt Complexes Featuring a Bridging 1,2-Diboratabenzene Ligand. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:7150-7154. [PMID: 37130277 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Neutral triple-decker iron and cobalt complexes with a bridging 1,2-diboratabenzene ligand were accessed by reactions of a dilithium 1,2-diboratabenzene reagent with [Cp*FeCl]2 and [Cp*CoCl]2, respectively. While 1,2-diboratabenzene metal complexes are known, these represent the first examples of the ligand bridging two metals.
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- Masilamani Tamizmani
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Rigaku Americas Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas 77381, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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Barker JE, Obi AD, Dickie DA, Gilliard RJ. Boron-Doped Pentacenes: Isolation of Crystalline 5,12- and 5,7-Diboratapentacene Dianions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2028-2034. [PMID: 36689632 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The syntheses, molecular structures, reactivities, and computational assessment of dipotassium diboratapentacene isomers are described (1 and 2). These compounds represent the first examples of aromatized diboraacenes where the boron atoms are spatially separated in different rings of the acene framework. Both 1 and 2 react with carbon dioxide (CO2) via diastereoselective carboxylation of the pentacene backbone that likely proceeds by a frustrated Lewis pair-like mechanism. The placement of the boron atoms and the reactivity studies provide a platform for later stage functionalization of diboraacenes beyond the central ring of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon core.
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- Joshua E Barker
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Báez-Grez R, Yáñez O, Pino-Rios R. Electronic Transmutation Concept: Is the Inverse Process Possible? An Evaluation of Main Group Compounds. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:2880-2886. [PMID: 36713707 PMCID: PMC9878657 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The electronic transmutation (ET) concept states that when an element with atomic number Z gains an electron, it transmutes into a Z + 1 element, leading to species that possess similar chemical bonding patterns and geometric structures regarding the original (Z + 1) element. In this work, the opposite concept, that is, the inverse ET, is assessed. For this purpose, several main group compounds have been analyzed in terms of the adaptive natural density partitioning. The obtained results suggest that when an atom Z loses an electron, it transmutes into a Z - 1 atom, acquiring its geometrical structure and bonding pattern.
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- Rodrigo Báez-Grez
- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas,
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad
Andres Bello, República
275, Santiago 8320000, Chile
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- Facultad
de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad
de las Américas, Santiago 7500000, Chile
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- Química
y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat. Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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Jie X, Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Kehr G, Erker G. Boraalkenes Made by a Hydroboration Route: Cycloaddition and B=C Bond Cleavage Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202214700. [PMID: 36433899 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hydroboration of styrene or vinylcyclohexane with the IMes(C6 F5 )BH+ cation followed by deprotonation provided a convenient synthetic entry to the [B]=CHCH2 R boraalkenes 9 a and 9 b. The in situ generated IMes(SCN)BH+ system reacted similarly with 1,1-diphenylethene followed by deprotonation to give the isothiocyanato substituted boraalkene 9 c. The boraalkenes underwent [2+2] cycloaddition reactions with a small series of heterocumulenes to give the respective four-membered heterocycles. The [B]=CHCH2 R+CO2 cycloadducts 13 a and 13 b added the borane HB(C6 F5 )2 with cleavage of the central B-C σ-bond. CS2 underwent an unusual reaction with the boraalkenes, namely insertion into the B=C bond with formation of the borylated dithioketene acetal under complete rupture of the strong B=C double bond. The intermediate dithiobora-β-lactone type intermediate was isolated in the case of the isothiocyanato-boraalkene reaction and characterized by X-ray diffraction.
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- Xiaoming Jie
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Li Y, Shen YH, Esper AM, Tidwell JR, Veige AS, Martin CD. Probing borafluorene B-C bond insertion with gold acetylide and azide. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:668-674. [PMID: 36537567 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03672j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The reaction of Ph3PAuN3 with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene resulted in complexation of the azide to boron while a gold acetylide reacted with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene to insert the acetylide carbon to access a six-membered boracycle with an exocyclic double bond.
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- Yijie Li
- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
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Škoch K, Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Kehr G, Erker G. A deprotonation pathway to reactive [B]CH 2 boraalkenes. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:7695-7704. [PMID: 35521694 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01193j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The BH compounds IMes(ArF)BH(NTf2) (ArF: C6F5 or FpXyl) were converted to the IMes(ArF)BCH2 boraalkenes in a three step reaction sequence of B-methylation with methyllithium, hydride abstraction and deprotonation. The BCH2 boraalkenes reacted with elemental sulfur to give a thiaborirane product. They underwent [2+2] cycloaddition reactions with carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide to give four-membered boron containing heterocycles. The boraalkenes added strongly Lewis acidic boranes at their CH2 carbon atoms. The corresponding HB(C6F5)2/boraalkene adduct reduced carbon monoxide to a -OCH(C6F5)- moiety inside a five-membered heterocycle at the B-CH2-B template. The boraalkenes reacted with the [(Me2S)AuCl] reagent to form the corresponding (boraalkene)AuCl complexes.
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- Karel Škoch
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraβe 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Krämer F, Radius M, Berberich H, Fernández I, Breher F. A neutral, acyclic, borataalkene-like ligand for group 11 metals: L- and Z-type ligands side by side. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3905-3908. [PMID: 35237782 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00199c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The overall neutral α-borylated phosphorus ylide Ph3PC(Me)BEt2 behaves like a polar borataalkene and can act as acyclic, ambiphilic π-type ligand with L- and Z-type functionalities side by side. In the complexes [MX{η2-Ph3PC(Me)BEt2}] (M = Cu, (Ag), Au; X = Cl, NTf2), the bonding is dominated by the highly nucleophilic ylidic carbon atom (L-type ligand). The Lewis acidic boron atom furnishes nonetheless a small but significant bonding contribution (Z-type ligand).
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- Felix Krämer
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
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Rojales K, Tamizmani M, Bartholome TA, Martin CD. Assessing the donor ability of boratabenzene and 9-borataphenanthrene anions through metal complexes with carbonyl ligands. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:17216-17223. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt02795j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of anionic group 6 tricarbonyl and neutral rhodium dicarbonyl complexes featuring substituted boratabenzene and borataphenanthrene ligands are prepared and the donor strengths of the boracyclic ligands are assessed.
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- Katherine Rojales
- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX, 76798, USA
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- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX, 76798, USA
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- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX, 76798, USA
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- Baylor University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX, 76798, USA
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Wisofsky GK, Rojales K, Su X, Bartholome TA, Molino A, Kaur A, Wilson DJD, Dutton JL, Martin CD. Ligation of Boratabenzene and 9-Borataphenanthrene to Coinage Metals. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:18981-18989. [PMID: 34879201 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The reactions of boratabenzene and borataphenanthrene anions with group 11 Ph3PMCl reagents furnished η2 coordination complexes, with the exception of the copper boratabenzene species that adopted an η6 mode. The binding of arene ligands to copper in an η6 manner is rare, and altering the ancillary ligand on copper to an N-heterocyclic carbene switched the binding of the boratabenzene to η2, indicating that such ligands are capable of vacating coordination sites. The η2 coordination complexes bind side-on, akin to olefins, via a borataalkene unit, although with the carbon atom much more proximal to the metal center than boron.
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- Greta K Wisofsky
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3086
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3086
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3086
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3086
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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Structurally authenticated free B-alkyl boroles are presented and electronic implications of alkyl substitution were assessed. Deprotonation of a boron-bound exocyclic methyl group in a B-methyl borole yields the first 5-boratafulvene anion-an isomer to boratabenzene. Boratafulvene was structurally characterized and its electronic structure probed by DFT calculations. The pKa value of the exocyclic B-CH3 in a set of boroles was computationally approximated and confirmed a pronounced acidic character caused by the boron atom embedded in an anti-aromatic moiety. The non-aromatic boratafulvene reacts as a C-centered nucleophile with the mild electrophile Me3 SnCl to give a stannylmethyl borole, regenerating the anti-aromaticity. As nucleophilic synthons for boroles, boratafulvenes thus open an entirely new avenue for synthetic strategies toward this highly reactive class of heterocycles. Boratafulvene reacts as a methylene transfer reagent in a bora-Wittig-type reaction generating a borole oxide.
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- Tobias Heitkemper
- Institut für Anorganische ChemieGeorg-August-Universität GöttingenTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische ChemieGeorg-August-Universität GöttingenTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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- Institut für Anorganische ChemieGeorg-August-Universität GöttingenTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Kehr G, Erker G. Formation and Cycloaddition Reactions of a Reactive Boraalkene Stabilized Internally by N-Heterocyclic Carbene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19905-19911. [PMID: 34219331 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The synthesis of element-carbon double bonds is of great importance for the development and understanding of reactive π-bonded systems in chemistry. The seven-membered heterocyclic system 4 b is readily made by internal C-H activation at a pendent isopropyl methyl group of the respective [(IPr)C6 F5 BH]+ borenium ion. Subsequent deprotonation with the IMes carbene gives the neutral cyclic boraalkene system 5 b. The B=C double bond in compound 5 b adds carbon dioxide, CS2 , sulfur dioxide, phenyl isocyanate, an acetylenic ester or two NO molecules to give the corresponding four-membered ring annulated heterocycles. With sulfur or selenium 5 b gives the respective three-membered ring systems. N2 O reacts with 5 b to give a mixture of the related oxaborirane 18 and a unique [B]OH containing diazoalkane product 19.
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- Chaohuang Chen
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Heitkemper T, Naß L, Sindlinger CP. Ein Boratafulven. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tobias Heitkemper
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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Chen C, Daniliuc CG, Kehr G, Erker G. Formation and Cycloaddition Reactions of a Reactive Boraalkene Stabilized Internally by
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‐Heterocyclic Carbene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Chaohuang Chen
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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Bartholome TA, Martinez JJ, Kaur A, Wilson DJD, Dutton JL, Martin CD. Borataalkene Hydrofunctionalization Reactions. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tyler A. Bartholome
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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Wentz KE, Molino A, Weisflog SL, Kaur A, Dickie DA, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Stabilization of the Elusive 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13065-13072. [PMID: 33780572 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Two-electron reduction of carbene-supported 9-bromo-9-borafluorenes with excess KC8 , Na, or Li-naphthalenide affords six N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)- or cyclic(alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC)-stabilized borafluorene anions (3-8)-the first isolated and structurally authenticated examples of the elusive 9-carbene-9-borafluorene monoanion. The electronic structure, bonding, and aromaticity of the boracyclic anions were comprehensively investigated via computational studies. Compounds 5 and 8 react with metal halides via salt elimination to give new B-E (E=Au, Se, Ge)-containing materials (9-12). Upon reaction with diketones, the carbene ligand cleanly dissociates from 5 or 8 to yield new B-O containing spirocycles (13-14) that cannot be easily obtained using "normal" valent borafluorene compounds. Collectively, these results support the notion that carbene-stabilized monoanionic borafluorenes may serve as a new platform for the one-step construction of higher-value boracyclic materials.
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- Kelsie E Wentz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Latrobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Latrobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Latrobe University, Melbourne, 3086, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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Phillips NA, Kong RY, White AJP, Crimmin MR. Group 11 Borataalkene Complexes: Models for Alkene Activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12013-12019. [PMID: 33605521 PMCID: PMC8252388 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A series of linear late transition metal (M=Cu, Ag, Au and Zn) complexes featuring a side-on [B=C]- containing ligand have been isolated and characterised. The [B=C]- moiety is isoelectronic with the C=C system of an alkene. Comparison across the series shows that in the solid-state, deviation between the η2 and η1 coordination mode occurs. A related zinc complex containing two [B=C]- ligands was prepared as a further point of comparison for the η1 coordination mode. The bonding in these new complexes has been interrogated by computational techniques (QTAIM, NBO, ETS-NOCV) and rationalised in terms of the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model. The combined structural and computational data provide unique insight into catalytically relevant linear d10 complexes of Cu, Ag and Au. Slippage is proposed to play a key role in catalytic reactions of alkenes through disruption and polarisation of the π-system. Through the preparation and analysis of a consistent series of group 11 complexes, we show that variation of the metal can impact the coordination mode and hence substrate activation.
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- Nicholas A. Phillips
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research HubImperial College London82 Wood Lane, Shepherds BushLondonW12 0BZUK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research HubImperial College London82 Wood Lane, Shepherds BushLondonW12 0BZUK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research HubImperial College London82 Wood Lane, Shepherds BushLondonW12 0BZUK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research HubImperial College London82 Wood Lane, Shepherds BushLondonW12 0BZUK
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Wentz KE, Molino A, Weisflog SL, Kaur A, Dickie DA, Wilson DJD, Gilliard RJ. Stabilization of the Elusive 9‐Carbene‐9‐Borafluorene Monoanion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Kelsie E. Wentz
- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319 Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science Latrobe University Melbourne 3086 Victoria Australia
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- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319 Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science Latrobe University Melbourne 3086 Victoria Australia
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- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319 Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science Latrobe University Melbourne 3086 Victoria Australia
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- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia 409 McCormick Rd./ PO Box 400319 Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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Phillips NA, Kong RY, White AJP, Crimmin MR. Group 11 Borataalkene Complexes: Models for Alkene Activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Nicholas A. Phillips
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub Imperial College London 82 Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush London W12 0BZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub Imperial College London 82 Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush London W12 0BZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub Imperial College London 82 Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush London W12 0BZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub Imperial College London 82 Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush London W12 0BZ UK
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Nakashima T, Nakayama Y, Shiono T, Tanaka R. Neutral, Noncoordinating, and Hydrocarbon-Soluble Protic Cocatalyst for Olefin Polymerization. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tomoya Nakashima
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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Watanabe K, Ueno A, Tao X, Škoch K, Jie X, Vagin S, Rieger B, Daniliuc CG, Letzel MC, Kehr G, Erker G. Reactions of an anionic chelate phosphane/borata-alkene ligand with [Rh(nbd)Cl] 2, [Rh(CO) 2Cl] 2 and [Ir(cod)Cl] 2. Chem Sci 2020; 11:7349-7355. [PMID: 33209245 PMCID: PMC7654189 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02223c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Borata-alkenes can serve as anionic olefin equivalent ligands in transition metal chemistry. A chelate ligand of this type is described and used for metal coordination. Deprotonation of the Mes2P(CH2)2B(C6F5)2 frustrated Lewis pair in the α-CH[B] position gave the methylene-bridged phosphane/borata-alkene anion. It reacted with the [Rh(nbd)Cl] or [Rh(CO)2Cl] dimers to give the respective neutral chelate [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B][Rh] complexes. The reaction of the [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B]- anion with [Ir(cod)Cl]2 proceeded similarly, only that the complex underwent a subsequent oxidative addition reaction at the mesityl substituent. Both the resulting Ir(iii)hydride complex 15 and the P/borata-alkene Rh system 12 were used as hydrogenation catalysts. The [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B(C6F5)2]Rh(nbd) complex 12 served as a catalyst for arylacetylene polymerization.
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- Kohei Watanabe
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Wacker-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie , Fakultät für Chemie , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching bei München , Germany
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- Wacker-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie , Fakultät für Chemie , Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching bei München , Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 40 , 48149 Münster , Germany .
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Báez-Grez R, Pino-Rios R. Borataalkene or boratabenzene? Understanding the aromaticity of 9-borataphenanthrene anions and its central ring. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj03942j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The recently isolated 1 is isoelectronic to 2 and shows reactivity in central ring that resembles both (cyclo)alkene and aromatic ring. Evaluation of local aromaticity reveal that central ring is best described as a non-aromatic following Clar’s rules.
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- Rodrigo Báez-Grez
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group
- Departamento de Ciencias Química
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- República 498
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- Laboratorio de Química teórica
- Facultad de Química y Biología
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363
- Estación Central
- Chile
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