- Hydroboration of Carbon Dioxide Using Ambiphilic Phosphine-Borane Catalysts: On the Role of the Formaldehyde Adduct
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Ambiphilic phosphine-borane derivatives 1-B(OR)2-2-PR′2-C6H4 (R′ = Ph (1), iPr (2); (OR)2 = (OMe)2 (1a, 2a); catechol (1b, 2b) pinacol (1c, 2c), -OCH2C-(CH3)2CH2O- (1d)) were tested as catalysts for the hydroboration of CO2 using HBcat or BH3·SMe2 to generate methoxyboranes. It was shown that the most active species were the catechol derivatives 1b and 2b. In the presence of HBcat, without CO2, ambiphilic species 1a, 1c, and 1d were shown to transform to 1b, whereas 2a and 2c were shown to transform to 2b. The formaldehyde adducts 1b·CH2O and 2b·CH2O are postulated to be the active catalysts in the reduction of CO2 rather than being simple resting states. Isotope labeling experiments and density functional theory (DFT) studies show that once the formaldehyde adduct is generated, the CH2O moiety remains on the ambiphilic system through catalysis. Species 2b·CH2O was shown to exhibit turnover frequencies for the CO2 reduction using BH3·SMe2 up to 228 h-1 at ambient temperature and up to 873 h-1 at 70 °C, mirroring the catalytic activity of 1b. (Figure Presented)
- Declercq, Richard,Bouhadir, Ghenwa,Bourissou, Didier,Légaré, Marc-André,Courtemanche, Marc-André,Nahi, Karine Syrine,Bouchard, Nicolas,Fontaine, Frédéric-Georges,Maron, Laurent
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p. 2513 - 2520
(2015/04/22)
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- A highly active phosphine-borane organocatalyst for the reduction of CO2 to methanol using hydroboranes
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In this work, we report that organocatalyst 1-Bcat-2-PPh2-C 6H4 ((1); cat = catechol) acts as an ambiphilic metal-free system for the reduction of carbon dioxide in presence of hydroboranes (HBR2 = HBcat (catecholborane), HBpin (pinacolborane), 9-BBN (9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane), BH3·SMe2 and BH 3·THF) to generate CH3OBR2 or (CH 3OBO)3, products that can be readily hydrolyzed to methanol. The yields can be as high as 99% with exclusive formation of CH 3OBR2 or (CH3OBO)3 with TON (turnover numbers) and TOF (turnover frequencies) reaching >2950 and 853 h-1, respectively. Furthermore, the catalyst exhibits "living" behavior: once the first loading is consumed, it resumes its activity on adding another loading of reagents.
- Courtemanche, Marc-Andre,Legare, Marc-Andre,Maron, Laurent,Fontaine, Frederic-Georges
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supporting information
p. 9326 - 9329
(2013/07/26)
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- Reaction of singlet dioxygen with phosphine-borane derivatives: From transient phosphine peroxides to crystalline peroxoboronates
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Singlet dioxygen is readily split by phosphine-boronates under mild conditions. The initially formed phosphine peroxides spontaneously rearrange by B→O migration. The resulting peroxoboronates have been structurally characterized, and their ability to und
- Porcel, Susana,Bouhadir, Ghenwa,Saffon, Nathalie,Maron, Laurent,Bourissou, Didier
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 6186 - 6189
(2010/12/19)
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