摘要:
9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene ([1](n)) and its SMe2 adduct 1(SMe2)(2) are readily reduced with lithium in THF to the dianionic 9,10-diborataanthracene Li-2[1]. An X-ray crystal structure analysis of (Li(thf)(2))(2)[1] revealed monomeric inverse sandwich complexes, each of them containing two Li(thf)(2) moieties coordinated to both sides of the central B2C4 ring. Compared to 9,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene, the four B-C-Ar bonds of (Li(thf)(2))(2)[1] are shorter by 0.046(4) angstrom, thereby indicating an increased degree of B=C-Ar double-bond character. Consequently,(Li(thf)2)2[1] reacts with 4,4' -dimethylbenzophenone as a B=C-Ar-C-Ar=B diene and undergoes a[4+2] cycloaddition reaction with formation of a bicyclic product. In contrast, tert-butylacetylene reacts with (Li(thf)(2))(2)[1]under formal 1,4-addition of its methinic C H group instead of its C C triple bond to the two boron atoms.