TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lindl, Felix
A1  - Lamprecht, Anna
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Khitro, Eugen
A1  - Rempel, Anna
A1  - Dietz, Maximilian
A1  - Wellnitz, Tim
A1  - Bélanger‐Chabot, Guillaume
A1  - Stoy, Andreas
A1  - Paprocki, Valerie
A1  - Prieschl, Dominik
A1  - Lenczyk, Carsten
A1  - Ramler, Jacqueline
A1  - Lichtenberg, Crispin
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Aromatic 1,2‐Azaborinin‐1‐yls as Electron‐Withdrawing Anionic Nitrogen Ligands for Main Group Elements
JF  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - The 2‐aryl‐3,4,5,6‐tetraphenyl‐1,2‐azaborinines 1‐EMe\(_{3}\) and 2‐EMe\(_{3}\) (E=Si, Sn; aryl=Ph (1), Mes (=2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl, 2)) were synthesized by ring‐expansion of borole precursors with N\(_{3}\)EMe\(_{3}\)‐derived nitrenes. Desilylative hydrolysis of 1‐ and 2‐SiMe\(_{3}\) yielded the corresponding N‐protonated azaborinines, which were deprotonated with nBuLi or MN(SiMe\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\) (M=Na, K) to the corresponding group 1 salts, 1‐M and 2‐M. While the lithium salts crystallized as monomeric Lewis base adducts, the potassium salts formed coordination polymers or oligomers via intramolecular K⋅⋅⋅aryl π interactions. The reaction of 1‐M or 2‐M with CO\(_{2}\) yielded N‐carboxylate salts, which were derivatized by salt metathesis to methyl and silyl esters. Salt metathesis of 1‐M or 2‐M with methyl triflate, [Cp*BeCl] (Cp*=C\(_{5}\)Me\(_{5}\)), BBr\(_{2}\)Ar (Ar=Ph, Mes, 2‐thienyl), ECl\(_{3}\) (E=B, Al, Ga) and PX\(_{3}\) (X=Cl, Br) afforded the respective group 2, 13 and 15 1,2‐azaborinin‐2‐yl complexes. Salt metathesis of 1‐K with BBr\(_{3}\) resulted not only in N‐borylation but also Ph‐Br exchange between the endocyclic and exocyclic boron atoms. Solution \(^{11}\)B NMR data suggest that the 1,2‐azaborinin‐2‐yl ligand is similarly electron‐withdrawing to a bromide. In the solid state the endocyclic bond length alternation and the twisting of the C\(_{4}\)BN ring increase with the sterics of the substituents at the boron and nitrogen atoms, respectively. Regression analyses revealed that the downfield shift of the endocyclic \(^{11}\)B NMR resonances is linearly correlated to both the degree of twisting of the C\(_{4}\)BN ring and the tilt angle of the N‐substituent. Calculations indicate that the 1,2‐azaborinin‐1‐yl ligand has no sizeable π‐donor ability and that the aromaticity of the ring can be subtly tuned by the electronics of the N‐substituent.
KW  - 1,2-azaborinine
KW  - aromaticity
KW  - crystallographic analyses
KW  - N-functionalization
KW  - salt metathesis
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312222
VL  - 29
IS  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Witte, Robert
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Lamprecht, Anna
A1  - Schorr, Fabian
A1  - Krummenacher, Ivo
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - C−C and C−N Bond Activation, Lewis‐Base Coordination and One‐ and Two‐Electron Oxidation at a Linear Aminoborylene
JF  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - A cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (CAAC)‐stabilized dicoordinate aminoborylene is synthesized by the twofold reduction of a [(CAAC)BCl\(_{2}\)(TMP)] (TMP=2,6‐tetramethylpiperidyl) precursor. NMR‐spectroscopic, X‐ray crystallographic and computational analyses confirm the cumulenic nature of the central C=B=N moiety. Irradiation of [(CAAC)B(TMP)] (2) resulted in an intramolecular C−C bond activation, leading to a doubly‐fused C\(_{10}\)BN heterocycle, while the reaction with acetonitrile resulted in an aryl migration from the CAAC to the acetonitrile nitrogen atom, concomitant with tautomerization of the latter to a boron‐bound allylamino ligand. One‐electron oxidation of 2 with CuX (X=Cl, Br) afforded the corresponding amino(halo)boryl radicals, which were characterized by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. Placing 2 under an atmosphere of CO afforded the tricoordinate (CAAC,CO)‐stabilized aminoborylene. Finally, the twofold oxidation of 2 with chalcogens led, in the case of N\(_{2}\)O and sulfur, to the splitting of the B−C\(_{CAAC}\) bond and formation of the 2,4‐diamino‐1,3,2,4‐dichalcogenadiboretanes and CAAC‐chalcogen adducts, whereas with selenium a monomeric boraselenone was isolated, which showed some degree of B−Se multiple bonding.
KW  - bond activation
KW  - boraselenone
KW  - dicoordinate borylene
KW  - one-electron oxidation
KW  - push-pull stabilization
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312491
VL  - 29
IS  - 16
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dietz, Maximilian
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Reichl, Stephan
A1  - Lugo‐Fuentes, Leonardo I.
A1  - Jiménez‐Halla, J. Oscar C.
A1  - Scheer, Manfred
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Stable Two‐Legged Parent Piano‐Stool and Mixed Diborabenzene‐E\(_{4}\) (E=P, As) Sandwich Complexes of Group 8
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - A cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene‐stabilized 1,4‐diborabenzene (DBB) ligand enables the isolation of 18‐electron two‐legged parent piano‐stool Fe\(^{0}\) and Ru\(^{0}\) complexes, [(η\(^{6}\)‐DBB)M(CO)\(_{2}\)], the ruthenium complex being the first of its kind to be structurally characterized. [(η\(^{6}\)‐DBB)Fe(CO)\(_{2}\)] reacts with E\(_{4}\) (E=P, As) to yield mixed DBB‐cyclo‐E\(_{4}\) sandwich complexes with planar E\(_{4}\)\(^{2-}\) ligands. Computational analyses confirm the strong electron‐donating capacity of the DBB ligand and show that the E\(_{4}\) ligand is bound by four equivalent Fe−P σ bonds.
KW  - 1,4-Diborabenzene
KW  - bonding
KW  - group 8 metals
KW  - Parent Piano-Stool Complex
KW  - Pnictogen reduction
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-293880
VL  - 61
IS  - 36
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hagspiel, Stephan
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Fantuzzi, Felipe
A1  - Vargas, Alfredo
A1  - Rempel, Anna
A1  - Hermann, Alexander
A1  - Brückner, Tobias
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Highly colored boron-doped thiazolothiazoles from the reductive dimerization of boron isothiocyanates
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - Reduction of (CAAC)BBr\(_2\)(NCS) (CAAC=cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene) in the presence of a Lewis base L yields tricoordinate (CAAC)LB(NCS) borylenes which undergo reversible E/Z-isomerization. The same reduction in the absence of L yields deep blue, bis(CAAC)-stabilized, boron-doped, aromatic thiazolothiazoles resulting from the dimerization of dicoordinate (CAAC)B(NCS) borylene intermediates.
KW  - inorganic chemistry
KW  - aromaticity
KW  - reduction
KW  - fused thiazaboroles
KW  - DFT
KW  - borylenes
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256432
VL  - 60
IS  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Endres, Sara
A1  - Heinz, Myron
A1  - Nestler, Vincent
A1  - Holthausen, Max C.
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Probing the Boundaries between Lewis-Basic and Redox Behavior of a Parent Borylene
JF  - Chemistry—A European Journal
N2  - The parent borylene (CAAC)(Me\(_{3}\)P)BH, 1 (CAAC=cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene), acts both as a Lewis base and one-electron reducing agent towards group 13 trichlorides (ECl\(_{3}\), E=B, Al, Ga, In), yielding the adducts 1-ECl\(_{3}\) and increasing proportions of the radical cation [1]\(^{•+}\) for the heavier group 13 analogues. With boron trihalides (BX\(_{3}\), X=F, Cl, Br, I) 1 undergoes sequential adduct formation and halide abstraction reactions to yield borylboronium cations and shows an increasing tendency towards redox processes for the heavier halides. Calculations confirm that 1 acts as a strong Lewis base towards EX3 and show a marked increase in the B−E bond dissociation energies down both group 13 and the halide group.
KW  - redox processes
KW  - bond dissociation energies
KW  - borylene
KW  - group 13
KW  - Lewis adducts
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-257154
VL  - 27
IS  - 70
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Czernetzki, Corinna
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Fantuzzi, Felipe
A1  - Gärtner, Annalena
A1  - Tröster, Tobias
A1  - Krummenacher, Ivo
A1  - Schorr, Fabian
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - A neutral beryllium(I) radical
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - The reduction of a cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (CAAC)-stabilized organoberyllium chloride yields the first neutral beryllium radical, which was characterized by EPR, IR, UV/Vis spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. DFT calculations show significant spin density at beryllium and confirm donor–acceptor bonding between an alkylberyllium radical fragment and a neutral CAAC ligand.
KW  - inorganic chemistry
KW  - X-ray crystallography
KW  - Beryllium
KW  - cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene
KW  - EDA-NOCV
KW  - radical
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256529
VL  - 60
IS  - 38
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Matler, Alexander
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Schorr, Fabian
A1  - Hermann, Alexander
A1  - Hofmann, Alexander
A1  - Lenczyk, Carsten
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Reactivity of Terminal Iron Borylenes and Bis(borylenes) with Carbodiimides: Cycloaddition, Metathesis, Insertion and C−H Activation Pathways
JF  - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
N2  - The reactions of carbodiimides with the iron arylborylene complex [Fe=BDur(CO)\(_{3}\)(PMe\(_{3}\))] (Dur=2,3,5,6-Me\(_{4}\)C\(_{6}\)H) and the iron bis(borylene) complex [Fe{=BDur}{=BN(SiMe\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\)}(CO)\(_{3}\)] yield a wide variety of temperature-dependent products, including known FeBNC and novel FeBNB metallacycles, complexes of N-heterocyclic boracarbene and spiro-boracarbene ligands and a unique 1,3,2,4-diazadiborolyl pianostool complex, characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The product distributions can be rationalized by considering sequences of cycloaddition, metathesis, insertion, and C−H activation pathways mainly governed by sterics.
KW  - structure elucidation
KW  - borylene complexes
KW  - cycloaddition
KW  - metathesis
KW  - reaction mechanisms
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-257397
VL  - 2021
IS  - 45
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gärtner, Annalena
A1  - Marek, Matthäus
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Auerhammer, Dominic
A1  - Radacki, Krzysztof
A1  - Prieschl, Dominic
A1  - Dewhurst, Rian D.
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Boron- versus Nitrogen-Centered Nucleophilic Reactivity of (Cyano)hydroboryl Anions: Synthesis of Cyano(hydro)organoboranes and 2-Aza-1,4-diborabutatrienes
JF  - Chemistry—A European Journal
N2  - Cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene-stabilized (cyano)hydroboryl anions were synthesized by deprotonation of (cyano)dihydroborane precursors. While they display boron-centered nucleophilic reactivity towards organohalides, generating fully unsymmetrically substituted cyano(hydro)organoboranes, they show cyano-nitrogen-centered nucleophilic reactivity towards haloboranes, resulting in the formation of hitherto unknown linear 2-aza-1,4-diborabutatrienes.
KW  - nucleophile
KW  - boron
KW  - boryl anion
KW  - cumulene
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256853
VL  - 27
IS  - 37
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Hermann, Alexander
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Trujillo-Gonzalez, Daniel
A1  - Jiménez-Halla, J. Oscar C.
A1  - Vargas, Alfredo
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Trapping of a Borirane Intermediate in the Reductive Coupling of an Arylborane to a Diborene
T2  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
N2  - The reductive coupling of an NHC-stabilized aryldibromoborane yields a mixture of trans- and cis-diborenes in which the aryl groups are coplanar with the diborene core. Under dilute reduction conditions two diastereomers of a borirane-borane intermediate are isolated, which upon further reduction give rise to the aforementioned diborene mixture. DFT calculations suggest a mechanism proceeding via nucleophilic attack of a dicoordinate borylene intermediate on the aryl ring and subsequent intramolecular B-B bond formation.
KW  - boron
KW  - reactive intermediates
KW  - reductive coupling
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-203140
N1  - This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02306
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Schmidt, Uwe
A1  - Fantuzzi, Felipe
A1  - Arrowsmith, Merle
A1  - Hermann, Alexander
A1  - Prieschl, Dominic
A1  - Rempel, Anna
A1  - Engels, Bernd
A1  - Braunschweig, Holger
T1  - Tuneable reduction of cymantrenylboranes to diborenes or borylene-derived boratafulvenes
T2  - Chemical Communications
N2  - Whereas the reduction of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-stabilised cymantrenyldibromoboranes, (NHC)BBr\(_2\)Cym, in benzene results in formation of the corresponding diborenes (NHC)\(_2\)B\(_2\)Cym\(_2\), a change of solvent to THF yields a borylene of the form (NHC)\(_2\)BCym, stabilised through its boratafulvene resonance form.
KW  - Borylene
KW  - Diborene
KW  - Boranes
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222149
ER  -