201. Homolytic, Heterolytic, Mesolytic - As You Like It: Steering the Cleavage of a HC(sp3)−C(sp3)H Bond in Bis(1 H-2,1-benzazaborole) Derivatives.
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Hejda, Martin, Lyčka, Antonín, Mikysek, Tomáš, Jambor, Roman, Růžička, Aleš, Vinklárek, Jaromír, Wilfer, Claudia, Hoffmann, Alexander, Herres‐Pawlis, Sonja, and Dostál, Libor
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CARBON-hydrogen bonds ,NUCLEAR magnetic resonance ,X-ray diffraction ,ALKALI metal compounds ,BORATES - Abstract
A set of (3,3′)-bis(1-Ph-2-R-1 H-2,1-benzazaborole) compounds, in which R= tBu (Bab- tBu)
2 , R=Dipp (Bab-Dipp)2 or R= tBu and Dipp (Bab-Dipp)(Bab- tBu), was synthesized and fully characterized using1 H,11 B,13 C, and15 N NMR spectroscopy as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The central HC(sp3 )−C(sp3 )H bond with restricted rotation at the junction of both 1 H-2,1-benzazaborole rings displayed an intriguing reactivity. It was demonstrated that this bond is easily mesolytically cleaved using alkali metals to form the respective aromatic 1Ph-2R-1 H-2,1-benzazaborolyl anions M+ (THF)n (Bab- tBu)− (M=Li, Na, K) and K+ (THF)n (Bab-Dipp)− . Furthermore, the central HC(sp3 )−C(sp3 )H bond of bis(1 H-2,1-benzazaborole)s is also homolytically cleaved either by heating or photochemical means, giving corresponding 1Ph-2R-1 H-2,1-benzazaborolyl radicals (Bab- tBu). and (Bab-Dipp). , which rapidly self-terminate. Nevertheless, their formation was unambiguously established by NMR analysis of the reaction mixtures containing products of the self-termination of the radicals after heating or irradiation. (Bab-Dipp). radical was also characterized using EPR spectroscopy. Importantly, it turned out that the essentially non-polarized HC(sp3 )−C(sp3 )H bond in (Bab- tBu)2 is also cleaved heterolytically with 2 equiv of MeLi, giving the mixture of Li+ (SOL)n (Bab- tBu)− (SOL=THF or Et2 O) and lithium methyl-substituted borate complex Li+ (SOL)n (Bab- tBu-Me)− in a diastereoselective fashion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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