Sterically congested phosphonium borate acids as effective Brønsted acid catalysts
作者:Arup Sinha、Amit K. Jaiswal、Rowan D. Young
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2016.05.049
日期:2016.12
Phosphonium borate acids [HPPh2(C6F5)][B(C6F5)(4)] (2), [HPMes(2)(C6F5)][B(C6P5)(4)] (3) and [HPMes(C6F5)(2)] [B(C6F5)4] (4) were synthesized via heterolytic dihydrogen cleavage in the presence of triisopropylsilylium and characterized by spectroscopic and crystallographic methods. Bronsted acid catalysis using compounds 2-4 proved to be efficient for a number of challenging reactions (namely ionic hydrogenation, hydroamination and hydroarylation), owing to the restrained nucleophilicity of the sterically hindered conjugate bases. Reactivity of compounds 2-4 suggests that their pK(a) values are similar to that of diethyl oxonium acid. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.