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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Intramolecular H-Ar ligand exchange between silicon and boron: functionality transfer of Si-H to B-H
Atsushi Kawachi1, Hiroshi Morisaki, Norimasa Nishioka
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan. kawachi@sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
o-C(6)H(4)(SiR(3-n)H(n))(BMes(2)) (1; R=Me, Ph; n=1, 2) undergo Mes-H (Mes=mesityl) ligand exchange between the silicon atom and the boron atom to form o-C(6)H(4)(SiMesR(3-n)H(n-1))(BMesH) (6) upon heating. The resulting hydroborane intermediates (6) immediately react with benzaldehyde to afford their corresponding benzyloxyboranes (5). A DFT study of model compounds reveals the transition states of the ligand exchange. A hydride abstraction from the silicon atom by the boron center is key to reaching the transition states, which include the tricoordinate silyl-cation moiety and the tetracoordinate hydridoborate moiety.
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