Tropo(thio)ne-embedded homoHPHACs: does the tropylium cation induce global antiaromaticity in expanded hexapyrrolohexaazacoronene?

Tropo(thio)ne-embedded homoHPHACs and their dications were synthesised by an electrophilic annulation of secoHPHAC and successive oxidation. 13C NMR spectra of the dications represented global 22π homoaromaticity via homoconjugation, while alkylation of a thiocarbonyl-bridged homoHPHAC produced a 24π antiaromatic monocation.

Reactions of an anionic chelate phosphane/borata-alkene ligand with [Rh(nbd)Cl]2, [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 and [Ir(cod)Cl]2.

Borata-alkenes can serve as anionic olefin equivalent ligands in transition metal chemistry. A chelate ligand of this type is described and used for metal coordination. Deprotonation of the Mes2P(CH2)2B(C6F5)2 frustrated Lewis pair in the α-CH[B] position gave the methylene-bridged phosphane/borata-alkene anion. It reacted with the [Rh(nbd)Cl] or [Rh(CO)2Cl] dimers to give the respective neutral chelate [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B][Rh] complexes. The reaction of the [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B]- anion with [Ir(cod)Cl]2 proceeded similarly, only that the complex underwent a subsequent oxidative addition reaction at the mesityl substituent. Both the resulting Ir(iii)hydride complex 15 and the P/borata-alkene Rh system 12 were used as hydrogenation catalysts. The [P/C[double bond, length as m-dash]B(C6F5)2]Rh(nbd) complex 12 served as a catalyst for arylacetylene polymerization.

Unsaturated vicinal frustrated phosphane/borane Lewis pairs as ligands in gold(i) chemistry.

The P/B FLP 6, formed by the 1,1-hydroboration of dimesitylphosphino(trimethylsilyl)acetylene with HB(C6F5)2 forms the Au(i)X complexes 9a (X: Cl) and 10a (X: NTf2), respectively. Both show marked AuB interactions. The P/B FLP isomer 8, featuring the bulky SiMe3 substituent at the carbon adjacent to boron forms gold complexes 9b and 10b, both of which show weaker AuB interactions. Complex 10a was employed in the catalytic hydroamination of a series of alkynes with p-toluidine. Complexes 9 and 10 were characterized by X-ray diffraction.

Phosphirenium borate betaines from alkynylphosphanes and the halogeno-B(C6F5)2 reagents.

A series of phosphanyl substituted alkynes R12P-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C-R2 [R12P: Mes2P or tBu2P; R2: SiMe3, Ph, tBu] reacts with the X-B(C6F5)2 reagents [X: Cl, Br] to give thermally rather stable neutral zwitterionic phosphirenium borate products. Five examples of this class of compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction.

Metal-Free Acetylene Coupling by the (C6 F5 )2 B-X 1,2-Halogenoboration Reaction.

(C6 F5 )2 B-halides were conveniently prepared by treatment of (C6 F5 )2 BH with tritylchloride or -bromide, respectively. With cyclopropylacetylene, (C6 F5 )2 BBr underwent sequential cis-1,2-halogenoboration followed by 1,2-carboboration to give the 4-bromo-2,4-dicyclopropylbutadienyl-B(C6 F5 )2 product. It reacted further with additional cyclopropylacetylene to give the linear triene and tetraene products in a metal-free alkyne oligomerization reaction. The pyridine adduct of the initial diene product was characterized by X-ray diffraction. (C6 F5 )2 BCl reacted analogously. Similar (C6 F5 )2 BX induced oligomerization reactions were carried out with two conjugated enynes.

Synthesis of 2-aryloxy butenoates by copper-catalysed allylic C-H carboxylation of allyl aryl ethers with carbon dioxide.

Efficient synthesis of 2-aryloxy-3-butenoic acid esters by allylic C-H bond carboxylation of allyl aryl ethers with CO2 has been achieved through deprotonative alumination with an aluminium ate compound (iBu3Al(TMP)Li) followed by NHC-copper-catalysed carboxylation of the resulting aryloxy allylaluminum species. Functional groups such as halogens (F, Cl, Br, I), CF3, amino, methylthio, silyloxy and hetero aromatic groups survived the reaction conditions. The regio- and stereoselective transformation (isomerization) of 2-aryloxy-3-butenoate products to (Z)-2-aryloxy-2-butenate isomers has also been achieved in the presence of a catalytic amount of DBU. These transformations thus constitute an efficient protocol for the divergent synthesis of both 2-aryloxy-3- and 2-butenonates from a single allyl aryl ether substrate using CO2 as a C1 building block.

Copper-catalyzed formal C - H carboxylation of aromatic compounds with carbon dioxide through arylaluminum intermediates.

The C - H bond carboxylation of various aromatic compounds with CO2 was achieved by the deprotonative alumination with a mixed alkyl amido lithium aluminate compound iBu3 Al(TMP)Li followed by the NHC-copper-catalyzed carboxylation of the resulting arylaluminum species, which afforded the corresponding carboxylation products in high yield and high selectivity. In addition to benzene derivatives, heteroarenes such as benzofuran, benzothiophene, and indole derivatives are also suitable substrates. Functional groups such as Cl, Br, I, vinyl, amide, and CN could survive the reaction conditions. Some key reaction intermediates such as the copper aryl and isobutyl complexes and their carboxylation products were isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallographic analyses, thus offering important information on the reaction mechanism.