Umpolung of B-H Bonds by Metal-Ligand Cooperation with Cyclopentadienone Iridium Complexes
Takuya Higashi1, Shuhei Kusumoto1,2, Kyoko Nozaki1
1Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
Abstract:
In contrast to conventional metal-ligand cooperative cleavage of a B-H bond, which provides a B cation on the ligand and an H anion on the metal, we report herein the umpolung of B-H bonds by novel cyclopentadienone iridium complexes. The B-H bonds of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (HBpin) and 1,8-naphthalenediaminatoborane (HBdan) were cleaved to give a B anion on the metal and an H cation on the phenolic oxygen atom of the ligand. Mechanistic investigation by DFT calculations revealed that the alkoxycarbonyl-substituted cyclopentadienone ligand facilitated deprotonation from Ir-H after oxidative addition of the B-H bond to give the umpolung product. The generated boryliridium complex was found to undergo borylation of an allyl halide in the presence of base, thus showing the nucleophilic nature of the boron atom.
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