1722-33-4Relevant articles and documents
Mechanisms of the thermal and catalytic redistributions, oligomerizations, and polymerizations of linear diborazanes
Robertson, Alasdair P. M.,Leitao, Erin M.,Jurca, Titel,Haddow, Mairi F.,Helten, Holger,Lloyd-Jones, Guy C.,Manners, Ian
supporting information, p. 12670 - 12683 (2013/09/23)
Linear diborazanes R3N-BH2-NR2-BH 3 (R = alkyl or H) are often implicated as key intermediates in the dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to form oligo- and polyaminoboranes. Here we report detailed studies of the reactivity of three related examples: Me3N-BH2-NMe2-BH3 (1), Me3N-BH2-NHMe-BH3 (2), and MeNH 2-BH2-NHMe-BH3 (3). The mechanisms of the thermal and catalytic redistributions of 1 were investigated in depth using temporal-concentration studies, deuterium labeling, and DFT calculations. The results indicated that, although the products formed under both thermal and catalytic regimes are identical (Me3N·BH3 (8) and [Me2N-BH2]2 (9a)), the mechanisms of their formation differ significantly. The thermal pathway was found to involve the dissociation of the terminal amine to form [H2B(μ-H)(μ-NMe 2)BH2] (5) and NMe3 as intermediates, with the former operating as a catalyst and accelerating the redistribution of 1. Intermediate 5 was then transformed to amine-borane 8 and the cyclic diborazane 9a by two different mechanisms. In contrast, under catalytic conditions (0.3-2 mol % IrH2POCOP (POCOP = κ3-1,3-(OPtBu 2)2C6H3)), 8 was found to inhibit the redistribution of 1 by coordination to the Ir-center. Furthermore, the catalytic pathway involved direct formation of 8 and Me2Ni - BH2 (9b), which spontaneously dimerizes to give 9a, with the absence of 5 and BH3 as intermediates. The mechanisms elucidated for 1 are also likely to be applicable to other diborazanes, for example, 2 and 3, for which detailed mechanistic studies are impaired by complex post-redistribution chemistry. This includes both metal-free and metal-mediated oligomerization of MeNHi - BH2 (10) to form oligoaminoborane [MeNH-BH 2]x (11) or polyaminoborane [MeNH-BH2] n (16) following the initial redistribution reaction.
Reactions of amine-and phosphane-borane adducts with frustrated Lewis pair combinations of Group 14 triflates and sterically hindered nitrogen bases
Whittell, George R.,Balmond, Edward I.,Robertson, Alasdair P. M.,Patra, Sanjib K.,Haddow, Mairi F.,Manners, Ian
experimental part, p. 3967 - 3975 (2011/01/11)
The ability of trialkyl Group 14 triflates in combination with amine and pyridine bases to dehydrogenate amine-and phosphane-borane adducts has been investigated. By using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, it has been shown that Me2NH ·BH3 (11) is efficiently converted to [Me2N-BH2]2 (12) by the so-called "frustrated Lewis pair" (FLP) of nBu3SnOTf (4, -OTf = -OSO2CF3) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (6). Within the scope of the study, exchange of the Lewis acid effects the rate of dehydrogenation in the order: 4 gt; Me3Si-OTf (2) gt; Et 3SiOTf (3). Exchange of the Lewis base for 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine (5) has also been shown to reduce the rate of reaction, whereas 1,3-di-tert-butylimidazol-2-ylidene (7) reacted directly with 2 to afford 1,3-bis-tert-butyl-4-(trimethylsilyl)imidazolium triflate (8[OTf]). For FLP combinations for which dehydrogenation reaction times are longer, detectable quantities of [H2B(μ-H)(μ-NMe2)BH2] (14) are observed. Both the dehydrogenation reaction and competitive formation of this product are proposed to proceed by initial hydride abstraction by the Lewis acid, followed by deprotonation by the Lewis base, or combination with further dimethylamine-borane and elimination of [Me2NH2]OTf (18[OTf]), respectively. In contrast to 11, MeNH2·BH 3 (22) was not found to cleanly dehydrogenate to either [MeNH-BH 2]3 or [MeN-BH]3 under the same conditions. An alternative reaction pathway was observed with either 2 or 4 and 6 with Ph 2PH ·BH3 (23), resulting in P-silylation or P-stannylation of the phosphane-borane, respectively.
