Structural changes accompanying the stepwise population of a B-C π bond
Structural changes accompanying the stepwise population of a B-C π bond
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200702299
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Gabbaie, Francois P.
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作者:
Chiu, Ching-Wen;Gabbaie, Francois P.
Owing to their negative charge and the large radius of boron, borataalkenes (type AÀ) are usually very reactive and have only been isolated on a few occasions.[1–3] The derivative [Mes2B= CH2] À (Mes= 2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl) is one of the simplest examples, and was isolated by deprotonation of the corresponding methyl compound.[1, 4–6] While the chemistry of borataalkenes has not been widely investigated, studies have shown that they can act as nucleophilic reagents [4–6] or as ligands in transition-metal complexes.[7–9] Electrogenerated diborataalkenes, such as [p-(Mes2B) C6H4 (BMes2)] 2À, have also been detected using spectroelectrochemistry.[10–12] Interestingly, however, the structural changes accompanying the stepwise population/depopulation of a boron–carbon π bond have not been studied experimentally.Examination of the literature indicates that such structural data is available for tetraaryldiboranes (type B) such as Mes2BBMesPh which undergoes two one-electron reductions to afford the corresponding radical anion (type BCÀ) and dianion (type B2À).[13–16] Structural studies carried out on [Mes2BBMesPh] CÀ and [Mes2BBMesPh] 2À confirm that reduction of the neutral