2860-54-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthetic and mechanistic studies of metal-free transfer hydrogenations applying polarized olefins as hydrogen acceptors and amine borane adducts as hydrogen donors
Yang, Xianghua,Fox, Thomas,Berke, Heinz
experimental part, p. 852 - 860 (2012/02/05)
Metal-free transfer hydrogenation of polarized olefins (RR′ CCEE′: R, R′ = H or organyl, E, E′ = CN or CO2Me) using amine borane adducts RR′NH-BH3 (R = R′ = H, AB; R = Me, R′ = H, MAB; R = tBu, R′ = H, tBAB; R = R′ = Me, DMAB) as hydrogen donors, were studied by means of in situ NMR spectroscopy. Deuterium kinetic isotope effects and the traced hydroboration intermediate revealed that the double H transfer process occurred regio-specifically in two steps with hydride before proton transfer characteristics. Studies on substituent effects and Hammett correlation indicated that the rate determining step of the HN transfer is in agreement with a concerted transition state. The very reactive intermediate [NH2BH2] generated from AB was trapped by addition of cyclohexene into the reaction mixture forming Cy2BNH2. The final product borazine (BHNH)3 is assumed to be formed by dehydrocoupling of [NH2BH2] or its solvent stabilized derivative [NH2BH2]-(solvent), rather than by dehydrogenation of cyclotriborazane (BH2NH 2)3 which is the trimerization product of [NH 2BH2].
Synthesis of 5- and 7-(dicyanomethylene)-2,3-dihydrocyclohepta-1,4- dithiins, 'push-pull' heptafulvene derivatives. 8,8-Dicyanoheptafulvenes from α-bromomalononitrile and cycloheptatrienylium salt
Mori,Kubo,Takeshita
, p. 3742 - 3746 (2007/10/02)
Treatment of 2,3-dihydro-4aH-cyclohepta-1,4-dithiin with triphenylmethyl tetrafluoroborate followed by condensation with α-promomalononitrile in pyridine afforded 5- and 7-(dicyanomethylene)-2,3-dihydrocyclohepta-1,4- dithiins in good yields. When changing the solvent to acetonitrile, the products obtained were 5- and 6-(2,2-dicyanoethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4- benzodithiins. This new method was applicable to the general synthesis of dicyanoheptafulvenes from tropylium salts.
Carbene Reactions, XVIII. Thermal Behaviour of 7-Alkylidenebicycloheptadiene Derivatives
Hoffmann, Reinhard W.,Riemann, Achim,Mayer, Bernhard
, p. 2493 - 2513 (2007/10/02)
Thermolysis of 7-alkylidenenorbornadienes 2 results in a retro-Diels-Alder cleavage to fulvenes and acetylene.A different mode of cleavage - into benzene and a carbene - is observed with such derivatives of 2 which carry ?- or ?-donor functions at C-8.The dependence of the reaction pathways on the nature of the substituent at C-8 is discussed on the basis of MO-calculations.
