Planar, Three-Coordinate Boron Monohydrides Ligated by Bis(3-methylindolyl)methanes
作者:Bingxu Song、Kristin Kirschbaum、Mark R. Mason
DOI:10.1021/om2006694
日期:2012.1.9
Reactions of tris(3-methylindolyl)methane, bis(3-methylindolyl)-2-methoxyphenylmethane, and bis(3-methylindolyl)phenylmethane with THF.BH3 result in hydrogen elimination and yield the corresponding boron monohydride complexes (3-CH3C8H4NH)HC(3-CH3C8H4N)(2)BH (6), (2-CH3OC6H4)HC(3-CH3C8H4N)(2)BH (7), and PhHC(3-CH3C8H4N)(2)BH (8), respectively. Compositions and structures were confirmed by NMR (H-1, B-11, C-13) and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and X-ray crystallography. The molecular structures of 6-8 each possess a trigonal-planar boron atom which resides in the plane of a bidentate diindolylmethane ligand. This planarity, the lack of Lewis acid base complexation in the presence of THF, and the short B-N distances suggest significant N -> B pi it donation. Thermolysis of 6 did not produce the three-coordinate, pyramidal borane HC(3-CH3C8H4N)(3)B or a tripodal, four-coordinate acid base complex, presumably due to the significant B-N pi bonding in 6. The planarity of 6-8 and the isoelectronic relationship of BH to C: suggest that diindolylmethanes may be useful platforms for the preparation of a new family of N-heterocyclic carbenes.