1-Heteroaromatic-Substituted Tetraphenylboroles: π–π Interactions Between Aromatic and Antiaromatic Rings Through a B–C Bond
作者:Holger Braunschweig、Alexander Damme、J. Oscar C. Jimenez-Halla、Christian Hörl、Ivo Krummenacher、Thomas Kupfer、Lisa Mailänder、Krzysztof Radacki
DOI:10.1021/ja309935t
日期:2012.12.12
A series of 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylboroles substituted with different aromatic heterocycles (thiophene, furan, pyrrole, and dithiophene) in the 1-position were synthesized and characterized by means of NMR, elemental analysis, and X-ray crystallography. In contrast to known 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylboroles, X-ray diffraction revealed a nearly coplanar arrangement of the aromatic heterocycles and the antiaromatic borole scaffold as a result of pi-conjugation, which could be substantiated by DFT calculations. Furthermore, the 2,2'-dithiophene-bridged bisborole (14) exhibits a large bathochromic shift in the absorption spectrum, demonstrating the exceptional Lewis acidity of the nonannulated borolyl moiety.