Kasperi M Salonen, J Mikko Rautiainen, Aaron Mailman, Chris Gendy, Heikki M Tuononen
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Abstract
One-electron reduction of the carbene-stabilized borane (Me2-cAAC)B(Cl)2Si(SiMe3)3, 1, with potassium naphthalenide gave the radical (Me2-cAAC)B(Cl)Si(SiMe3)3, 2. A subsequent one-electron reduction of 2 yielded the dicoordinate borylene (Me2-cAAC)BSi(SiMe3)3, 3, which rapidly underwent intramolecular C-H activation to give cyclo-(Me2-cAAC)B(H)Si(SiMe3)3, 4, irrespective of the employed reaction conditions. Compound 3 could be stabilized as the carbonyl complex (Me2-cAAC)B(CO)Si(SiMe3)3, 5, that gave 4 upon irradiation with a UV light under a CO2 atmosphere. In contrast, the two-electron reduction of 1 under an atmosphere of CO2 yielded a mixture of products of which (Me2-cAAC)B(Cl)(H)C(O)OSi(SiMe3)3, 6, could be separated and structurally characterized. Compound 6 is a rare example of CO2 insertion into a B-E (E = heavier main group element) bond in which boron functions as a nucleophile, thereby mimicking transition metal-mediated carboxylation. The mechanism for the formation of 6 from the purported boryl anion intermediate [(Me2-cAAC)B(Cl)Si(SiMe3)3]-, 2-, was analyzed computationally.
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Organometallics is the flagship journal of organometallic chemistry and records progress in one of the most active fields of science, bridging organic and inorganic chemistry. The journal publishes Articles, Communications, Reviews, and Tutorials (instructional overviews) that depict research on the synthesis, structure, bonding, chemical reactivity, and reaction mechanisms for a variety of applications, including catalyst design and catalytic processes; main-group, transition-metal, and lanthanide and actinide metal chemistry; synthetic aspects of polymer science and materials science; and bioorganometallic chemistry.