Reactions of Modified Intermolecular Frustrated P/B Lewis Pairs with Dihydrogen, Ethene, and Carbon Dioxide
作者:Marcel Harhausen、Roland Fröhlich、Gerald Kehr、Gerhard Erker
DOI:10.1021/om201076f
日期:2012.4.9
In this contribution, we discuss the reactivity of different phosphanes (XPhos (1a), (t)BuXPhos (1b), and Mes(2)PEt (1c)) and tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane (and in one case, EtB(C6F5)(2)) against small molecules. 1a/B(C6F5)(3), 1b/B(C6F5)(3), and 1c/B(C6F5)(3) split dihydrogen heterolytically to yield the phosphonium borate salts 2a, 2b, and 2c, respectively. Control experiments with D-2 gave the respective deuterated phosphonium borates 2a-D-2, 2b-D-2, and 2c-D-2. The FLP systems 1b/B(C6F5)(3) and 1c/B(C6F5)(3) underwent 1,2-addition reactions with ethene, resulting in the generation of the ethylene-bridged phosphonium borates 3b and 3c. As well, the Lewis pair EtB(C6F5)(2) and Mes(2)PEt reacted with ethene to yield the corresponding 1,2-addition product 3d. At low temperature, the FLP systems 1a/B(C6F5)(3) and 1c/B(C6F5)(3) coordinated carbon dioxide (4a, 4c). The new compounds 2a, 2b, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4a, and 4c were characterized by X-ray crystal structure analyses.