Reaction of carbon oxides with an ethylene-bridged PH/B Lewis pair
- 13 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Dalton Transactions
- Vol. 50 (10), 3523-3528
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt00459j
Abstract
The reaction of 2,4,6-tri(tert-butyl)phenyl vinyl phosphane with Piers’ borane [HB(C6F5)2] gave the ethylene-bridged PH/B frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) system. It is a monomer at high temperature (>323 K), but exists as an associated 12-membered macrocyclic trimer below 273 K. The PH/B FLP splits dihydrogen and serves as a metal-free hydrogenation catalyst. It adds carbon dioxide. It serves as a PH/B template for the reduction of carbon monoxide by the HB(C6F5)2 borane to the formyl stage. The resulting six membered P/B/O containing heterocycle is opened upon treatment with pyridine and it reacts with benzaldehyde in a boron mediated Claisen-Tishchenko reaction.Keywords
Funding Information
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (-)
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