A snapshot of inorganic Janovsky complex analogues featuring a nucleophilic boron center. Issue 95 (2nd November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Di; Li, Yongxin; Ganguly, Rakesh; Kinjo, Rei
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 53:Issue 95(2017)
• Page Start: 12734
• Page End: 12737
• Publication Date: 2017-11-02
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c7cc07616a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : The addition of phenyl lithium (PhLi) to an aromatic 1, 3, 2, 5-diazadiborinine (1) afforded isolable ionic species2, which can be deemed as an inorganic analogue of a Janovsky complex. Abstract : The addition of phenyl lithium (PhLi) to an aromatic 1, 3, 2, 5-diazadiborinine (1 ) afforded isolable ionic species2, which can be deemed as an inorganic analogue of a Janovsky complex. X-ray diffraction analysis and DFT studies of2 indicate the delocalization of π-type electrons mainly over the C–B–C unit in the central B2 C2 N2 six-membered ring. The reactions of2 with methyl iodide (MeI) and chloro(tricyclohexylphosphine)gold(i ) (Cy3 PAuCl) gave3 bearing a B–Me bond and4 featuring a B–Au bond, respectively, demonstrating the nucleophilic properties of the tricoordinate boron center in2 .