1402087-95-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Bronsted acid-catalyzed skeletal rearrangements in polycyclic conjugated boracycles: A thermal route to a ladder diborole
Araneda, Juan F.,Piers, Warren E.,Sgro, Michael J.,Parvez, Masood
, p. 3189 - 3196 (2014)
The dibenzodiboracyclobutylidene 1 was recently shown to undergo photochemical rearrangement to the more thermodynamically stable dibenzodiborapentalene 2. In order to discover a more efficient thermal route for this isomerization, the redox chemistry of both 1 and 2 was explored. Radical anions can be formed and characterized by EPR spectroscopy by one electron reduction using potassium graphite. The [Cp*2Co]+ salt of the radical anion of 2 was characterized by X-ray crystallography. The dipotassium salts 1K2 and 2K2 can be prepared by using two equivalents of potassium naphthalenide; both were fully characterized. It was found that smooth rearrangement of 1K2 to 2K2 is mediated by weak Bronsted acids such as tert-butanol or 2,6-dimethylphenol; a mechanism based on similar rearrangements in the isoelectronic neutral all-carbon framework is proposed. the Partner Organisations 2014.
Photochemical synthesis of a ladder diborole: A new boron-containing conjugate material
Araneda, Juan F.,Neue, Benedikt,Piers, Warren E.,Parvez, Masood
, p. 8546 - 8550 (2012/09/21)
Climbing the ladder: Reductive cyclization of alkynyl haloboranes lead to the bis-benzocycloborabutylidene rather than the expected ladder diborole, despite the former being much less thermodynamically favored. Photochemical conversion to the ladder diborole was, however, quite facile upon irradiation at 254?nm.
