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A Cationic NHC-Supported Borole.


ABSTRACT: This work describes the synthesis and characterization of a highly reactive cationic borole. Halide abstraction with Li{Al[OC(CF3 )3 ]4 } from the NHC-chloroborole adduct yields the first stable NHC-supported 1-(Me NHC)-2,5-(SiMe3 )2 -3,4-(Ph*)2 -borole cation. Electronically, it features both a five-membered cyclic conjugated 4??-electron system and a cationic charge and thus resembles the yet elusive cyclopentadienyl cation. The borole cation was characterized crystallographically, spectroscopically (NMR, UV/Vis), by cyclovoltammetry, microanalysis and mass-spectrometry and its electronic structure was probed computationally. The cation reacts with tolane and reversibly binds carbon monoxide. Direct comparison with the structurally related, yet neutral, 1-mesityl borole reveals strong Lewis acidity, reduced HOMO-LUMO gaps, and increased anti-aromatic character.

SUBMITTER: Heitkemper T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540045 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Cationic NHC-Supported Borole.

Heitkemper Tobias T   Sindlinger Christian P CP  

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20200813 51


This work describes the synthesis and characterization of a highly reactive cationic borole. Halide abstraction with Li{Al[OC(CF<sub>3</sub> )<sub>3</sub> ]<sub>4</sub> } from the NHC-chloroborole adduct yields the first stable NHC-supported 1-(<sup>Me</sup> NHC)-2,5-(SiMe<sub>3</sub> )<sub>2</sub> -3,4-(Ph*)<sub>2</sub> -borole cation. Electronically, it features both a five-membered cyclic conjugated 4 π-electron system and a cationic charge and thus resembles the yet elusive cyclopentadienyl  ...[more]

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