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Reactivity of the bis(pentafluorophenyl)boranes ClB(C6F5)(2) and HB(C6F5)(2) n towards late transition metal reagents

Reactivity of the bis(pentafluorophenyl)boranes ClB(C6F5)(2) and HB(C6F5)(2) n towards late transition metal reagents
Reactivity of the bis(pentafluorophenyl)boranes ClB(C6F5)(2) and HB(C6F5)(2) n towards late transition metal reagents
The reactivities of the highly electrophilic boranes C1B(C6F5)(2) (1) and [HB(C6F5)(2)](n) (2) towards a range of organometallic reagents featuring metals from Groups 7-10 have been investigated. Salt elimination chemistry is observed between 1 and the nucleophilic anions [(eta(5)-C5R5)Fe(CO)(2)](-) (R = H or Me) and [Mn(CO)(5)](-), leading to the generation of the novel boryl complexes (eta(5)-C5R5)Fe(CO)(2)B(C6F5)(2) [R = H(3) or Me(4)] and (OC)(5)MnB(C6F5)(2) (5). Such systems are designed to probe the extent to which the strongly sigma-donor boryl ligand can also act as a pi-acceptor; a variety of spectroscopic, structural and computational probes imply that even with such strongly electron withdrawing boryl substituents, the pi component of the metal boron linkage is a relatively minor one. Similar reactivity is observed towards the hydridomanganese anion [(eta(5)-C5H4Me)Mn(CO)(2)H](-), generating a thermally labile product identified spectroscopically as (eta(5)-C5H4Me)Mn(CO)(2)(H)B(C6F5)(2) (6). Boranes 1 and 2 display different patterns of reactivity towards low-valent platinum and rhodium complexes than those demonstrated previously for less electrophilic reagents. Thus, reaction of 1 with (Ph3P)(2)Pt(H2C = CH2) ultimately generates EtB(C6F5)(2) (10) as the major boron-containing product, together with cis-(Ph3P)(2)PtCl2 and trans-(Ph3P)(2)Pt(C6F5)Cl (9). The cationic platinum hydride [(Ph3P)(3)PtH](+) is identified as an intermediate in the reaction pathway. Reaction of 2 with [(Ph3P)(2)Rh(mu-Cl)](2), in toluene on the other hand, appears to proceed via ligand abstraction with both Ph3P.HB(C6F5)(2) (11) and the arene rhodium(I) cation [(Ph3P)(2)Rh(eta(6)-C6H5Me)](+) (14) ultimately being formed.
boryl complexes, x-ray, crystal-structure, structural characterization, molecular-structures, oxidative addition, platinum complexes, b bonds, chemistry, boron
1477-9226
4030-4037
Al-Fawaz, Amal
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Aldridge, Simon
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Coombs, Deborah L.
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Dickinson, Anthony A.
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Willock, David J.
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Ooi, Li-ling
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Coles, Simon J.
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Al-Fawaz, Amal, Aldridge, Simon, Coombs, Deborah L., Dickinson, Anthony A., Willock, David J., Ooi, Li-ling, Light, Mark E., Coles, Simon J. and Hursthouse, Michael B. (2004) Reactivity of the bis(pentafluorophenyl)boranes ClB(C6F5)(2) and HB(C6F5)(2) n towards late transition metal reagents. Dalton Transactions, (23), 4030-4037. (doi:10.1039/b414940h).

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Abstract

The reactivities of the highly electrophilic boranes C1B(C6F5)(2) (1) and [HB(C6F5)(2)](n) (2) towards a range of organometallic reagents featuring metals from Groups 7-10 have been investigated. Salt elimination chemistry is observed between 1 and the nucleophilic anions [(eta(5)-C5R5)Fe(CO)(2)](-) (R = H or Me) and [Mn(CO)(5)](-), leading to the generation of the novel boryl complexes (eta(5)-C5R5)Fe(CO)(2)B(C6F5)(2) [R = H(3) or Me(4)] and (OC)(5)MnB(C6F5)(2) (5). Such systems are designed to probe the extent to which the strongly sigma-donor boryl ligand can also act as a pi-acceptor; a variety of spectroscopic, structural and computational probes imply that even with such strongly electron withdrawing boryl substituents, the pi component of the metal boron linkage is a relatively minor one. Similar reactivity is observed towards the hydridomanganese anion [(eta(5)-C5H4Me)Mn(CO)(2)H](-), generating a thermally labile product identified spectroscopically as (eta(5)-C5H4Me)Mn(CO)(2)(H)B(C6F5)(2) (6). Boranes 1 and 2 display different patterns of reactivity towards low-valent platinum and rhodium complexes than those demonstrated previously for less electrophilic reagents. Thus, reaction of 1 with (Ph3P)(2)Pt(H2C = CH2) ultimately generates EtB(C6F5)(2) (10) as the major boron-containing product, together with cis-(Ph3P)(2)PtCl2 and trans-(Ph3P)(2)Pt(C6F5)Cl (9). The cationic platinum hydride [(Ph3P)(3)PtH](+) is identified as an intermediate in the reaction pathway. Reaction of 2 with [(Ph3P)(2)Rh(mu-Cl)](2), in toluene on the other hand, appears to proceed via ligand abstraction with both Ph3P.HB(C6F5)(2) (11) and the arene rhodium(I) cation [(Ph3P)(2)Rh(eta(6)-C6H5Me)](+) (14) ultimately being formed.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: boryl complexes, x-ray, crystal-structure, structural characterization, molecular-structures, oxidative addition, platinum complexes, b bonds, chemistry, boron

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Local EPrints ID: 20114
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/20114
ISSN: 1477-9226
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ORCID for Mark E. Light: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0585-0843
ORCID for Simon J. Coles: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8414-9272

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Date deposited: 23 Feb 2006
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Author: Amal Al-Fawaz
Author: Simon Aldridge
Author: Deborah L. Coombs
Author: Anthony A. Dickinson
Author: David J. Willock
Author: Li-ling Ooi
Author: Mark E. Light ORCID iD
Author: Simon J. Coles ORCID iD

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