1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrones to a Nitrile Functionality in <i>closo</i>-Decaborate Clusters: A Novel Reactivity Mode for the Borylated C≡N Group
作者:Aleksey L. Mindich、Nadezhda A. Bokach、Fedor M. Dolgushin、Matti Haukka、Leonid A. Lisitsyn、Andrey P. Zhdanov、Konstantin Yu. Zhizhin、Serguei A. Miltsov、Nikolay T. Kuznetsov、Vadim Yu. Kukushkin
DOI:10.1021/om200993f
日期:2012.3.12
The Z-configured nitrones -O+N(Me)=C(H)C6H4R2-p (R-2 = OMe (2a), Me (2b), NO2 (2c)) react with the nitrile functionality of the closo-decaborate clusters [(Bu4N)-N-n][B10H9(NCR1)] (RI = Me (la), Et (1b), Bu-t (1c), Ph (1d)) in CHCl3 solution under mild conditions (20-25 degrees C, 16-18 h) to afford the products of cycloaddition: viz., the borylated 2,3-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazoles [(Bu4N)-N-n][B10H9N-a = (CRON)-O-1 (Me)(CH)-H-b(C6H4R2-p)}]((a -b)) (3a-1). This reaction represents the first example of boron-mediated 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of allyl anion type dipoles, i.e. nitrones, to the nitrile group. Alteration of the lipophilic [(Bu4N)-N-n]. counterion with the hydrophilic Na+ via the metathetical reaction with NaBPh4 in 3a,b,e,f allows the modification of their hydrophilic-lipophilic properties and, consequently, solubility. Compounds 3a-j and 5a-d were characterized by high-resolution ESI-MS, IR, and H-1, C-13H-1}, and B-11H-1} NMR spectroscopy. The structures of 3a,e,f were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.