Highly Congested Donor–Acceptor P–B Compound: Synthesis and Properties of a BMes2- and a PPh2-Functionalized 1,8-Naphthalene
摘要:
A PPh2- and BMes(2)-functionalized (Mes = mesityl) 1,8-naphthalene molecule (1) has been synthesized and fully characterized. Compound 1 is a highly congested molecule with a P B dative bond. NMR studies support that the P B bond in 1 is persistent in solution. Compound 1 is thermally and photochemically stable. It is highly fluxional in solution. The only reactivity it displays is its reactions with halogen molecules (PhI center dot Cl-2 and I-2), leading to the isolation of a hydrolyzed product 2, in which an oxygen atom is inserted between the P and B atom. The crystal structures of 1 and 2, have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. A DFT computational study established that the open form of 1 has a P-B separation distance of 3.00 angstrom, much longer than the closed one (2.23 angstrom). Furthermore, a computational study showed that the energy difference between the two forms is very small, similar to 1 kcal/mol, which can be attributed to the highly congested nature of the molecule.
Highly Congested Donor–Acceptor P–B Compound: Synthesis and Properties of a BMes2- and a PPh2-Functionalized 1,8-Naphthalene
摘要:
A PPh2- and BMes(2)-functionalized (Mes = mesityl) 1,8-naphthalene molecule (1) has been synthesized and fully characterized. Compound 1 is a highly congested molecule with a P B dative bond. NMR studies support that the P B bond in 1 is persistent in solution. Compound 1 is thermally and photochemically stable. It is highly fluxional in solution. The only reactivity it displays is its reactions with halogen molecules (PhI center dot Cl-2 and I-2), leading to the isolation of a hydrolyzed product 2, in which an oxygen atom is inserted between the P and B atom. The crystal structures of 1 and 2, have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. A DFT computational study established that the open form of 1 has a P-B separation distance of 3.00 angstrom, much longer than the closed one (2.23 angstrom). Furthermore, a computational study showed that the energy difference between the two forms is very small, similar to 1 kcal/mol, which can be attributed to the highly congested nature of the molecule.
The synthesis and molecular structures of 1-(diphenylphosphino)-8-naphthyldimesitylborane (1) and 5-(diphenylphosphino)-6-acenaphthyldimesitylborane (2) are reported. The experimentally determined P B pen distances of 2.162(2) and 3.050(3) angstrom allow 1 and 2 to be classified as regular and frustrated Lewis pairs. The electronic characteristics of the (non)bonding P B contacts are determined by analysis of a set of real-space bonding indicators (RSBIs) derived from the theoretically calculated electron and pair densities. These densities are analyzed utilizing the atoms-in-molecules (AIM), stockholder, and electron-localizability-indicator (ELI-D) space partitioning schemes. The recently introduced mapping of the electron localizability on the ELI-D basin surfaces is also applied. All RSBIs clearly discriminate the bonding P B contact in 1 from the nonbonding P B contact in 2, which is due to the fact that the acenaphthene framework is rather rigid, whereas the naphthyl framework shows sufficient conformational flexibility, allowing shorter pen interations. The results are compared to the previously known prototypical phosphinoborane Ph3PB(C6F5)(3), which serves as a reference for a bonding P B interaction. The most prominent features of the nonbonding P B contact in 2 are the lack of an AIM bond critical point, the unaffected Hirshfeld surfaces of the P and B atomic fragments, and the negligible penetration of the electron population of the ELI-D lone pair basin of the P atom into the AIM B atomic basin.