1. Planar Subporphyrin Borenium Cations
- Author
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Tsurumaki, Eiji, Hayashi, Shin-ya, Tham, Fook S, Reed, Christopher A, and Osuka, Atsuhiro
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Inorganic Chemistry ,Chemical Sciences ,General Chemistry ,Chemical sciences ,Engineering - Abstract
Subporphyrin borenium cations with a carborane counterion have been prepared by treatment of B-methoxy subporphyrins with the silylium reagent Et(3)Si(CH(6)B(11)Br(6)). In contrast to the distinctly domed subphthalocyanine borenium cation, a nearly planar structure with sp(2) hybridized boron is found in the X-ray structure of the triphenylsubporphyrin borenium cation. The cations exhibit absorption and fluorescence spectra that are quite similar to those of B-methoxy subporphyrins. B-phenyl subporphyrins were prepared in good yield by reaction of subporphyrin borenium cations with phenyllithium.
- Published
- 2011