Carbene–Calcium Silylamides and Amidoboranes
Carbene–Calcium Silylamides and Amidoboranes
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00464
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发表时间:
2022-10
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2.8
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Akachukwu D. Obi;Lucas A. Freeman;Samuel J. Coates;Andrew J. H. Alexis;Nathan C. Frey;D. Dickie;C. E. Webster;Robert J. Gilliard
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Akachukwu D. Obi;Lucas A. Freeman;Samuel J. Coates;Andrew J. H. Alexis;Nathan C. Frey;D. Dickie;C. E. Webster;Robert J. Gilliard
The stereoelectronic effects of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and cyclic(alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC) coordination to calcium silylamides and amidoboranes have been investigated. The straightforward complexation of a sterically unencumbered NHC (i.e.,N,N′-diisopropyl-2,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidine) and {Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2}2or (THF)2Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2in equimolar amounts afforded (NHC)Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2(2) or (NHC)(THF)Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2(4), respectively. Spectroscopic analyses reveal negligible electronic differences in2and4, and the latter can be desolvated under prolonged vacuum. Similarly, CAAC complexation to {Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2}2afforded (CAAC)Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2(5) as the first crystallographically characterized CAAC–Ca coordination complex, but this compound is thermally unstable and rapidly decomposes to intractable mixtures. The reaction of {Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2}2and HNMe2BH3afforded the bis(amidoborane) [Ca(NMe2BH3)2]n(6), which does not react with bulky carbenes but readily complexes with unencumbered NHCs with subsequent non-innocent participations in calcium-mediated amine borane dehydrocoupling. Significantly, (NHC)2Ca(NMe2BH3)2(7) decomposes under mild heating (50 °C, 16 h) to form [CaH2]nand the hydride-rich complex [(NHC–BH2NMe2)Ca(NMe2BH3)2]2(8). Compound8was independently prepared from the reaction of6and NHC–BH2NMe2and is remarkably thermally stable in refluxing benzene (85 °C, 24 h). In the absence of carbenes, the dehydrocoupling of6and HNMe2BH3afforded (THF)2Ca(NMe2BH3)(NMe2BH2NMe2BH3) (9), but subsequent reactions with NHC resulted in the immediate abstraction and migration of Me2N═BH2toward the formation of8.