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Holtrop F, Jupp AR, Kooij BJ, van Leest NP, de Bruin B, Slootweg JC. Single-Electron Transfer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22210-22216. [PMID: 32840947 PMCID: PMC7756365 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are well known for their ability to activate small molecules. Recent reports of radical formation within such systems indicate single-electron transfer (SET) could play an important role in their chemistry. Herein, we investigate radical formation upon reacting FLP systems with dihydrogen, triphenyltin hydride, or tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (TCQ) both experimentally and computationally to determine the nature of the single-electron transfer (SET) events; that is, being direct SET to B(C6 F5 )3 or not. The reactions of H2 and Ph3 SnH with archetypal P/B FLP systems do not proceed via a radical mechanism. In contrast, reaction with TCQ proceeds via SET, which is only feasible by Lewis acid coordination to the substrate. Furthermore, SET from the Lewis base to the Lewis acid-substrate adduct may be prevalent in other reported examples of radical FLP chemistry, which provides important design principles for radical main-group chemistry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Flip Holtrop
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 941571090 GDAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Holtrop F, Jupp AR, Kooij BJ, Leest NP, Bruin B, Slootweg JC. Single‐Electron Transfer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Flip Holtrop
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam PO Box 94157 1090 GD Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Park S, Lee T, Shin J, Yoon H, Pak Y, Lim M. Conformer-Specific Photodissociation Dynamics of CF2ICF2I in Solution Probed by Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8640-8650. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Seongchul Park
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Holtrop F, Jupp AR, van Leest NP, Paradiz Dominguez M, Williams RM, Brouwer AM, de Bruin B, Ehlers AW, Slootweg JC. Photoinduced and Thermal Single-Electron Transfer to Generate Radicals from Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Chemistry 2020; 26:9005-9011. [PMID: 32259331 PMCID: PMC7496419 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Archetypal phosphine/borane frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are famed for their ability to activate small molecules. The mechanism is generally believed to involve two-electron processes. However, the detection of radical intermediates indicates that single-electron transfer (SET) generating frustrated radical pairs could also play an important role. These highly reactive radical species typically have significantly higher energy than the FLP, which prompted this investigation into their formation. Herein, we provide evidence that the classical phosphine/borane combinations PMes3 /B(C6 F5 )3 and PtBu3 /B(C6 F5 )3 both form an electron donor-acceptor (charge-transfer) complex that undergoes visible-light-induced SET to form the corresponding highly reactive radical-ion pairs. Subsequently, we show that by tuning the properties of the Lewis acid/base pair, the energy required for SET can be reduced to become thermally accessible.
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Affiliation(s)
- Flip Holtrop
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemistry, Science Faculty, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 254, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dawes R, Quintas‐Sánchez E. THE CONSTRUCTION OF AB INITIO‐BASED POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES. REVIEWS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/9781119518068.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bogomolov AS, Goldort VG, Kochubei SA, Baklanov AV. Photodissociation of van der Waals complexes of iodine X-I 2 (X = I 2, C 2H 4) via charge-transfer state: A velocity map imaging investigation. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:234304. [PMID: 29272931 DOI: 10.1063/1.5001104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The photodissociation of van der Waals complexes of iodine X-I2 (X = I2, C2H4) excited via Charge-Transfer (CT) band has been studied with the velocity map imaging technique. Photodissociation of both complexes gives rise to translationally "hot" molecular iodine I2 via channels differing by kinetic energy and angular distribution of the recoil directions. These measured characteristics together with the analysis of the model potential energy surface for these complexes allow us to infer the back-electron-transfer (BET) in the CT state to be a source of observed photodissociation channels and to make conclusions on the location of conical intersections where the BET process takes place. The BET process is concluded to provide an I2 molecule in the electronic ground state with moderate vibrational excitation as well as X molecule in the electronic excited state. In the case of X = I2, the BET process converts anion I2- of the CT state into the neutral I2 in the repulsive excited electronic state which then dissociates promptly giving rise to a pair of I atoms in the fine states 2P1/2. In the case of C2H4-I2, the C2H4 molecules appear in the triplet T1 electronic state. Conical intersection for corresponding BET process becomes energetically accessible after partial twisting of C2H4+ frame in the excited CT state of complex. The C2H4(T)-I2 complex gives rise to triplet ethylene as well as singlet ethylene via the T-S conversion.
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Chiu CC, Hung CC, Cheng PY. Ultrafast Charge Recombination Dynamics in Ternary Electron Donor–Acceptor Complexes: (Benzene)2-Tetracyanoethylene Complexes. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:12390-12403. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Chih-Chung Chiu
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, R. O. C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, R. O. C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, R. O. C
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Dawes R, Ndengué SA. Single- and multireference electronic structure calculations for constructing potential energy surfaces. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2016.1195102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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