Kawano Y, Shimoi M. H/D scrambling in a chromium-catalyzed dehydrocoupling reaction of a borane-dimethylamine adduct.
Dalton Trans 2017;
46:11950-11955. [PMID:
28853467 DOI:
10.1039/c7dt02345f]
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Abstract
H/D scrambling took place in a chromium-catalyzed dehydrocoupling reaction of a deuterium-labeled borane-dimethylamine adduct. In the hydrogen elimination of BH3·NDMe2 (1a-dN), H2, HD and D2 were generated in 65 : 30 : 5 ratio, and 62% of deuterium atoms were incorporated into the major product, the dimethylaminoborane dimer. Proton and deuteron nuclei were thus concentrated into the evolved dihydrogen and aminoborane dimer, respectively. The mechanism of H/D scrambling is understood based on the reaction pathway of the dehydrocoupling of 1a, which was previously proposed based on DFT calculations. The H/D distribution in the products is explained by the energy difference according to the deuterated position in an intermediate of the dehydrocoupling reaction.
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