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Mechanistic Studies on the Metal-Free Activation of Dihydrogen by Antiaromatic Pentarylboroles
2013
The perfluoro- and perprotiopentaphenylboroles 1 and 2 react with dihydrogen to effect H–H bond cleavage and formation of boracyclopentene products. The mechanism of this reaction has been studied experimentally through evaluation of the kinetic properties of the slower reaction between 2 and H2. The reaction is first-order in both [borole] and [H2] with activation parameters of ΔH⧧ = 34(8) kJ/mol and ΔS⧧ = −146(25) J mol–1 K–1. A minimal kinetic isotope effect of 1.10(5) was observed, suggesting an asynchronous geometry for H–H cleavage in the rate-limiting transition state. To explain the stereochemistry of the observed products, a ring-opening/ring-closing mechanism is proposed and suppo…
A general diastereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized ferrocenyl ambiphiles enabled on a large scale by electrochemical purification
2017
International audience; A general synthesis of highly functionalized ferrocenes, which include (P,B)- and (N,B)-ambiphiles, has been developed at a multigram scale. Diastereoselective stepwise modification of di-tert-butylated ferrocenes included the unprecedented separation of electroactive species. Bulky alkyl groups on ferrocenes ensure planar chirality of ambiphiles and enforce closer proximity of antagonist Lewis functions.
Hydrogen activation with perfluorinated organoboranes: 1,2,3- tris(pentafluorophenyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrafluoro-1-boraindene
2014
The perfluorinated boraindene 3 was synthesized and fully characterized. Both computational and crystallographic data show that 3 is antiaromatic. Compound 3 was shown to react reversibly with H2 and to catalyse the hydrogenation of cyclohexene. The mechanism of catalysis was probed experimentally and computationally. peerReviewed
Dihydrogen Activation by Antiaromatic Pentaarylboroles
2010
Facile metal-free splitting of molecular hydrogen (H2) is crucial for the utilization of H2 without the need for toxic transition-metal-based catalysts. Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) are a new class of hydrogen activators wherein interactions with both a Lewis acid and a Lewis base heterolytically disrupt the hydrogen−hydrogen bond. Here we describe the activation of hydrogen exclusively by a boron-based Lewis acid, perfluoropentaphenylborole. This antiaromatic compound reacts extremely rapidly with H2 in both solution and the solid state to yield boracyclopent-3-ene products resulting from addition of hydrogen atoms to the carbons α to boron in the starting borole. The disruption of antiar…