The Dynamic Covalent Chemistry and Applications of Amidoboronates from the Reductive Coupling of N-Aryl Iminoboronates

含BN的材料在从材料科学到催化的应用中显示出巨大的前景，因为与其有机电子等排体相比，它们具有获得新的化学和性质的潜力。 然而，它们的应用受到其合成方法的限制，但是来自三个构建单元的N-芳基亚氨基硼酸酯的模块化自组装使它们成为开发具有定制性质和增加的复杂性的新的含BN材料的有吸引力的平台。本计画将探讨N-芳基亚胺硼酸酯的还原偶合反应，以及胺基硼酸酯中B-N键的不寻常动态共价化学。了解影响还原偶联的非对映体和对映体选择性的因素以及B-N键的动力学行为，将探索氨基硼酸酯在不对称催化、小分子活化和自组装中的应用。

BN-containing materials show great promise in applications from materials science to catalysis due to the potential to access new chemistry and properties compared to their organic isosteres. However, their application is limited by methods for their synthesis butthe modular self-assembly of N-aryl iminoboronates from three building blocks makes them an appealing platform for the development of new BN-containing materials with tailored properties and increased complexity. This project will investigate the reductive coupling of N-aryl iminoboronates and the unusual dynamic covalent chemistry of the B-N bonds in the resulting amidoboronates. With a knowledge of factors influencing the diastereo- and enantioselectivity of the reductive coupling and the dynamic behaviour of the B-N bonds, the application of the amidoboronates in asymmetric catalysis, small molecule activation and self-assembly will be explored.