Carbon Monoxide Activation via O-Bound CO Using Decamethylscandocinium–Hydridoborate Ion Pairs
- 19 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 134 (26), 10843-10851
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja300591v
Abstract
Ion pairs [Cp*2Sc]+[HB(p-C6F4R)3]− (R = F, 1-F; R = H, 1-H) were prepared and shown to be unreactive toward D2 and α-olefins, leading to the conclusion that no back-transfer of hydride from boron to scandium occurs. Nevertheless, reaction with CO is observed to yield two products, both ion pairs of the [Cp*2Sc]+ cation with formylborate (2-R) and borataepoxide (3-R) counteranions. DFT calculations show that these products arise from the carbonyl adduct of the [Cp*2Sc]+ in which the CO is bonded to scandium through the oxygen atom, not the carbon atom. The formylborate 2-R is formed in a two-step process initiated by an abstraction of the hydride by the carbon end of an O-bound CO, which forms an η2-formyl intermediate that adds, in a second step, the borane at the carbon. The borataepoxide 3-R is suggested to result from an isomerization of 2-R. This unprecedented reaction represents a new way to activate CO via a reaction channel emanating from the ephemeral isocarbonyl isomer of the CO adduct.Keywords
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