TY - JOUR A1 - Saalfrank, Christian A1 - Fantuzzi, Felipe A1 - Kupfer, Thomas A1 - Ritschel, Benedikt A1 - Hammond, Kai A1 - Krummenacher, Ivo A1 - Bertermann, Rüdiger A1 - Wirthensohn, Raphael A1 - Finze, Maik A1 - Schmid, Paul A1 - Engel, Volker A1 - Engels, Bernd A1 - Braunschweig, Holger T1 - cAAC‐Stabilized 9,10‐diboraanthracenes—Acenes with Open‐Shell Singlet Biradical Ground States JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition N2 - Narrow HOMO–LUMO gaps and high charge‐carrier mobilities make larger acenes potentially high‐efficient materials for organic electronic applications. The performance of such molecules was shown to significantly increase with increasing number of fused benzene rings. Bulk quantities, however, can only be obtained reliably for acenes up to heptacene. Theoretically, (oligo)acenes and (poly)acenes are predicted to have open‐shell singlet biradical and polyradical ground states, respectively, for which experimental evidence is still scarce. We have now been able to dramatically lower the HOMO–LUMO gap of acenes without the necessity of unfavorable elongation of their conjugated π system, by incorporating two boron atoms into the anthracene skeleton. Stabilizing the boron centers with cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes gives neutral 9,10‐diboraanthracenes, which are shown to feature disjointed, open‐shell singlet biradical ground states. KW - acenes KW - biradicals KW - bond Activation KW - boron KW - heterocycles Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-217795 VL - 59 IS - 43 SP - 19338 EP - 19343 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saalfrank, Christian A1 - Fantuzzi, Felipe A1 - Kupfer, Thomas A1 - Ritschel, Benedikt A1 - Hammond, Kai A1 - Krummenacher, Ivo A1 - Bertermann, Rüdiger A1 - Wirthensohn, Raphael A1 - Finze, Maik A1 - Schmid, Paul A1 - Engel, Volker A1 - Engels, Bernd A1 - Braunschweig, Holger T1 - cAAC‐stabilisierte 9,10‐Diboraanthracene – offenschalige Singulettbiradikale JF - Angewandte Chemie N2 - Geringe HOMO-LUMO-Abstände und eine hohe Ladungsträgermobilität prädestinieren die höheren Acene für Anwendungen im Bereich der Organoelektronik. Die Leistungsfähigkeit derartiger Verbindungen steigt hierbei dramatisch mit der Anzahl anellierter Benzolringe. Größere Acenmengen sind synthetisch bisher jedoch nur für Acene bis Heptacen verlässlich zugänglich. Theoretischen Studien zufolge besitzen (Oligo)acene offenschalige Singulettbiradikal- und (Poly)acene polyradikalische Grundzustände. Eindeutige experimentelle Belege für diese Vorhersagen sind hingegen äußerst selten. Durch den Einbau von zwei Boratomen in das Anthracengrundgerüst konnten wir den HOMO-LUMO-Abstand von Acenen dramatisch verringern und zwar ohne die Notwendigkeit einer Ausweitung des konjugierten π-Systems. Stabilisierung der Borzentren durch cyclische (Alkyl)(amino)carbene lieferte hierbei neutrale 9,10-Diboraanthracene mit disjunkten, offenschaligen Singulettbiradikal-Grundzuständen. KW - Acene KW - Bindungsaktivierung KW - Biradikale KW - Bor KW - Heterocyclen Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218582 VL - 132 IS - 43 SP - 19502 EP - 19507 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bischoff, Lisa A. A1 - Riefer, Jarno A1 - Wirthensohn, Raphael A1 - Bischof, Tobias A1 - Bertermann, Rüdiger A1 - Ignat'ev, Nikolai V. A1 - Finze, Maik T1 - Pentafluoroethylaluminates: A Combined Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Structural Study JF - Chemistry – A European Journal N2 - Salts of the tetrakis(pentafluoroethyl)aluminate anion [Al(C\(_{2}\)F\(_{5}\))\(_{2}\)]\(^{-}\) were obtained from AlCl\(_{3}\) and LiC\(_{2}\)F\(_{5}\). They were isolated with different counter‐cations and characterized by NMR and vibrational spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Degradation of the [Al(C\(_{2}\)F\(_{5}\))\(_{4}\)]\(^{-}\) ion was found to proceed via 1,2‐fluorine shifts and stepwise loss of CF(CF\(_{3}\)) under formation of [(C\(_{2}\)F\(_{5}\))\(_{4-n}\)AlF\(_{n}\)]− (n=1–4) as assessed by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry and supported by results of DFT calculations. In addition, the [(C\(_{2}\)F\(_{5}\))AlF\(_{3}\)]\(^{-}\) ion was structurally characterized. KW - aluminum KW - fluorine KW - perfluoroalkyl KW - weakly coordinating anions Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214666 VL - 26 IS - 60 SP - 13615 EP - 13620 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wirthensohn, Raphael A1 - Finze, Maik T1 - The crystal structure of trimethylsulfonium tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methanide, C\(_7\)H\(_9\)F\(_9\)O\(_6\)S\(_4\) JF - Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures N2 - C\(_7\)H\(_9\)F\(_9\)O\(_6\)S\(_4\), orthorhombic, P2\(_1\)2\(_1\)2\(_1\) (no. 19), a = 8.80180(10) Å, b= 10.96580(10) Å, c = 16.91360(10) Å,V= 1632.48(3) Å\(^3\), Z= 4, R\(_{gt}\)(F) = 0.0222, wR\(_{ref}\)(F\(^2\)) = 0.0604, T = 100 K. KW - chemistry Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-231358 VL - 236 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Drisch, Michael A1 - Bischoff, Lisa A. A1 - Sprenger, Jan A. P. A1 - Hennig, Philipp T. A1 - Wirthensohn, Raphael A1 - Landmann, Johannes A1 - Konieczka, Szymon Z. A1 - Hailmann, Michael A1 - Ignat'ev, Nikolai V. A1 - Finze, Maik T1 - Innovative Syntheses of Cyano(fluoro)borates: Catalytic Cyanation, Electrochemical and Electrophilic Fluorination JF - Chemistry – A European Journal N2 - Different types of high‐yield, easily scalable syntheses for cyano(fluoro)borates Kt[BF\(_{n}\)(CN)\(_{4-n}\)] (n=0–2) (Kt=cation), which are versatile building blocks for materials applications and chemical synthesis, have been developed. Tetrafluoroborates react with trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of metal‐free Brønsted or Lewis acid catalysts under unprecedentedly mild conditions to give tricyanofluoroborates or tetracyanoborates. Analogously, pentafluoroethyltrifluoroborates are converted into pentafluoroethyltricyanoborates. Boron trifluoride etherate, alkali metal salts, and trimethylsilyl cyanide selectively yield dicyanodifluoroborates or tricyanofluoroborates. Fluorination of cyanohydridoborates is the third reaction type that includes direct fluorination with, for example, elemental fluorine, stepwise halogenation/fluorination reactions, and electrochemical fluorination (ECF) according to the Simons process. In addition, fluorination of [BH(CN)\(_{2}\){OC(O)Et}]\(^{-}\) to result in [BF(CN)\(_{2}\){OC(O)Et}]\(^{-}\) is described. KW - cyanoborates KW - electrochemical fluorination KW - fluorination KW - fluoroborates KW - ionic liquids Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-216027 VL - 26 IS - 50 SP - 11625 EP - 11633 ER -