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James F Dunne1, Kuntal Manna, Jerzy W Wiench
1Department of Chemistry and US Department of Energy Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, 1605 Gilman Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, USA.
Abstract:
A compound that contains a Lewis acidic boron center and coordinating oxazoline groups, bis(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenylborane (PhB(Ox(Me2))2; 1), has been prepared and spectroscopically characterized. Solvent dependent 15N and 11B NMR spectroscopic properties and solid-state 11B NMR measurements provide support for intermolecular interactions involving Lewis acid and base sites. The bifunctional nature of oxazolinylborane 1 is demonstrated by its reaction with (AlMe3)2, which proceeds via methide abstraction by the boron and oxazoline coordination to aluminum to yield [(kappa(2)-PhMeB(Ox(Me2))2AlMe2] (2). Compound 2 contains a planar six-membered chelate ring, in contrast to related bis(pyrazolyl)boratoaluminum compounds that are puckered. Additionally, compound 2 and related bidentate tris(oxazolinyl)phenylborato dimethylaluminum are inert toward aluminum-methyl bond protonolysis. This robust nature suggested the possibility of using these oxazolinylboratoaluminum compounds in catalytic reactions, as is demonstrated by lactide ring-opening polymerization.
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