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+: A Masked Potent Boron Lewis Acid
Tseng, Hsi-Ching,Shen, Chao-Tang,Matsumoto, Kentaro,Shih, Ding-Nan,Liu, Yi-Hung,Peng, Shie-Ming,Yamaguchi, Shigehiro,Lin, Ya-Fan,Chiu, Ching-Wen
supporting information, p. 4516 - 4521 (2019/11/14)
The chemistry of the boron cation has been revitalized in the past decade due to its newfound application in stoichiometric and catalytic organic reactions. To extend the frontier of boron cation catalysis, we came to discover that a mesityl-substituted η5-Cp*-coordinated boron cation could serve as a powerful Lewis acid for organic catalytic transformations. The boron cation [Cp*B-Mes][B(C6F5)4] ([1][B(C6F5)4]) stabilized in a boronium-like electronic structure binds to Et3PO readily and displays an acceptor number exceeding that of B(C6F5)3 on the Gutmann-Beckett acidity scale. The steric and electronic stabilization exerted by the electron-donating Cp? renders the highly Lewis acidic boron cation an easy-to-handle catalyst for hydrodeoxygenation of aryl ketones at ambient temperature. The exceptional catalytic performance of [1]+ implies that the incorporation of a coordinatively flexible substituent at boron is critical in bringing catalytic activity and stability to boron cation catalysts.
Reaction discovery using acetylene gas as the chemical feedstock accelerated by the stop-flow micro-tubing reactor system
Xue, Fei,Deng, Hongping,Xue, Chengwen,Mohamed, Dara Khairunnisa Binte,Tang, Karen Yuanting,Wu, Jie
, p. 3623 - 3627 (2017/07/11)
Acetylene gas has been applied as a feedstock under transition-metal catalysis and photo-redox conditions to produce important chemicals including terminal alkynes, fulvenes, and fluorinated styrene compounds. The reaction discovery process was accelerated through the use of stop-flow micro-tubing reactors. This reactor prototype was developed by joining elements from both continuous micro-flow and conventional batch reactors, which was convenient and effective for gas/liquid reaction screening. Notably, the developed transformations were either inefficient or unsuccessful in conventional batch reactors. Its success relies on the unique advantages provided by this stop-flow micro-tubing reactor system.
A transition-metal-free Heck-type reaction between alkenes and alkyl iodides enabled by light in water
Liu, Wenbo,Li, Lu,Chen, Zhengwang,Li, Chao-Jun
supporting information, p. 6170 - 6174 (2015/06/08)
A transition-metal-free coupling protocol between various alkenes and non-activated alkyl iodides has been developed by using photoenergy in water for the first time. Under UV irradiation and basic aqueous conditions, various alkenes efficiently couple with a wide range of non-activated alkyl iodides. A tentative mechanism, which involves an atom transfer radical addition process, for the coupling is proposed.