@unpublished{HermannCidMattocketal.2018, author = {Hermann, Alexander and Cid, Jessica and Mattock, James D. and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Krummenacher, Ivo and Vargas, Alfredo and Ingleson, Michael J. and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Diboryldiborenes: π-Conjugated B\(_4\) Chains Isoelectronic to the Butadiene Dication}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201805394}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-167977}, year = {2018}, abstract = {sp\(^2\)-sp\(^3\) diborane species based on bis(catecholato)diboron and N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are subjected to catechol/bromide exchange selectively at the sp\(^3\) boron atom. The reduction of the resulting 1,1-dibromodiborane adducts led to reductive coupling and isolation of doubly NHC-stabilized 1,2-diboryldiborenes. These compounds are the first examples of molecules exhibiting pelectron delocalization over an all-boron chain.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{StoyBoehnkeJiménezHallaetal.2018, author = {Stoy, Andreas and B{\"o}hnke, Julian and Jiménez-Halla, J. Oscar C. and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Thiess, Torsten and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {CO\(_2\) Binding and Splitting by Boron-Boron Multiple Bonds}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201802117}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-164265}, year = {2018}, abstract = {CO\(_2\) is found to undergo room-temperature, ambient- pressure reactions with two species containing boron-boron multiple bonds, leading to incorporation of either one or two CO\(_2\) molecules. In one case, a thermally-unstable intermediate was structurally characterized, indicating the operation of an initial 2+2 cycloaddition mechanism in the reaction.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{ArrowsmithMattockBoehnkeetal.2018, author = {Arrowsmith, Merle and Mattock, James D. and B{\"o}hnke, Julian and Krummenacher, Ivo and Vargas, Alfredo and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Direct access to a cAAC-supported dihydrodiborene and its dianion}, series = {Chemical Communications}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, doi = {10.1039/C8CC01580E}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-164276}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The two-fold reduction of (cAAC)BHX\(_2\) (cAAC = 1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-2-ylidene; X = Cl, Br) provides a facile, high-yielding route to the dihydrodiborene (cAAC)\(_2\)B\(_2\)H\(_2\). The (chloro)hydroboryl anion reduction intermediate was successfully isolated using a crown ether. Overreduction of the diborene to its dianion [(cAAC)\(_2\)B\(_2\)H\(_2\)]\(^{2-}\) causes a decrease in the B-B bond order whereas the B-C bond orders increase.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{BoehnkeDellermannCeliketal.2018, author = {B{\"o}hnke, Julian and Dellermann, Theresa and Celik, Mehmet Ali and Krummenacher, Ivo and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Demeshko, Serhiy and Ewing, William C. and Hammond, Kai and Heß, Merlin and Bill, Eckhard and Welz, Eileen and R{\"o}hr, Merle I. S. and Mitric, Roland and Engels, Bernd and Meyer, Franc and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Isolation of diradical products of twisted double bonds}, series = {Nature Communications}, journal = {Nature Communications}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-160248}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Molecules containing multiple bonds between atoms—most often in the form of olefins—are ubiquitous in nature, commerce, and science, and as such have a huge impact on everyday life. Given their prominence, over the last few decades, frequent attempts have been made to perturb the structure and reactivity of multiply-bound species through bending and twisting. However, only modest success has been achieved in the quest to completely twist double bonds in order to homolytically cleave the associated π bond. Here, we present the isolation of double-bond-containing species based on boron, as well as their fully twisted diradical congeners, by the incorporation of attached groups with different electronic properties. The compounds comprise a structurally authenticated set of diamagnetic multiply-bound and diradical singly-bound congeners of the same class of compound.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{AuerhammerArrowsmithBoehnkeetal.2018, author = {Auerhammer, Dominic and Arrowsmith, Merle and B{\"o}hnke, Julian and Braunschweig, Holger and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Kupfer, Thomas}, title = {Brothers from Another Mother: a Borylene and its Dimer are Non-Interconvertible but Connected through Reactivity}, series = {Chemical Science}, journal = {Chemical Science}, doi = {10.1039/C7SC04789D}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-157125}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The self-stabilizing, tetrameric cyanoborylene [(cAAC)B(CN)]4 (I, cAAC = 1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-2-ylidene) and its diborene relative, [(cAAC)(CN)B=B(CN)(cAAC)] (II), both react with disulfides and diselenides to yield the corresponding cAAC-supported cyanoboron bis(chalcogenides). Furthermore, reactions of I or II with elemental sulfur and selenium in various stoichiometries provided access to a variety of cAAC- stabilized cyanoboron-chalcogen heterocycles, including a unique dithiaborirane, a diboraselenirane, 1,3-dichalcogena-2,4-diboretanes, 1,3,4-trichalcogena- 2,5-diborolanes and a rare six-membered 1,2,4,5-tetrathia-3,6-diborinane. Stepwise addition reactions and solution stability studies provided insights into the mechanism of these reactions and the subtle differences in reactivity observed between I and II.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{AuerhammerArrowsmithBissingeretal.2017, author = {Auerhammer, Dominic and Arrowsmith, Merle and Bissinger, Philipp and Braunschweig, Holger and Dellermann, Theresa and Kupfer, Thomas and Lenczyk, Carsten and Roy, Dipak and Sch{\"a}fer, Marius and Schneider, Christoph}, title = {Increasing the Reactivity of Diborenes: Derivatization of NHC- Supported Dithienyldiborenes with Electron-Donor Groups}, series = {Chemistry, A European Journal}, journal = {Chemistry, A European Journal}, doi = {10.1002/chem.201704669}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-155419}, year = {2017}, abstract = {A series of NHC-supported 1,2-dithienyldiborenes was synthesized from the corresponding (dihalo)thienylborane NHC precursors. NMR and UV-vis spectroscopic data, as well as X-ray crystallographic analyses, were used to assess the electronic and steric influences on the B=B double bond of various NHCs and electron-donating substituents on the thienyl ligands. Crystallographic data showed that the degree of coplanarity of the diborene core and thienyl groups is highly dependent on the sterics of the substituents. Furthermore, any increase in the electron- donating ability of the substituents resulted in the destabilization of the HOMO and greater instability of the resulting diborenes.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{WangArrowsmithBoehnkeetal.2017, author = {Wang, Sunewang R. and Arrowsmith, Merle and B{\"o}hnke, Julian and Braunschweig, Holger and Dellermann, Theresa and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Kelch, Hauke and Krummenacher, Ivo and Mattock, James D. and M{\"u}ssig, Jonas H. and Thiess, Torsten and Vargas, Alfredo and Zhang, Jiji}, title = {Engineering a Small HOMO-LUMO Gap and Intramolecular B-B Hydroarylation by Diborene/Anthracene Orbital Intercalation}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, volume = {56}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, number = {27}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201704063}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148126}, pages = {8009-8013}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The diborene 1 was synthesized by reduction of a mixture of 1,2-di-9-anthryl-1,2-dibromodiborane(4) (6) and trimethylphosphine with potassium graphite. The X-ray structure of 1 shows the two anthryl rings to be parallel and their π(C\(_{14}\)) systems perpendicular to the diborene π(B=B) system. This twisted conformation allows for intercalation of the relatively high-lying π(B=B) orbital and the low-lying π* orbital of the anthryl moiety with no significant conjugation, resulting in a small HOMO-LUMO gap (HLG) and ultimately an unprecedented anthryl B-B bond hydroarylation. The HLG of 1 was estimated to be 1.57 eV from the onset of the long wavelength band in its UV-vis absorption spectrum (THF, λ\(_{onset}\) = 788 nm). The oxidation of 1 with elemental selenium afforded diboraselenirane 8 in quantitative yield. By oxidative abstraction of one phosphine ligand by another equivalent of elemental selenium, the B-B and C\(^1\)-H bonds of 8 were cleaved to give the cyclic 1,9-diboraanthracene 9.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{BraunschweigKrummenacherLichtenbergetal.2016, author = {Braunschweig, Holger and Krummenacher, Ivo and Lichtenberg, Crispin and Mattock, James and Sch{\"a}fer, Marius and Schmidt, Uwe and Schneider, Christoph and Steffenhagen, Thomas and Ullrich, Stefan and Vargas, Alfredo}, title = {Dibora[2]ferrocenophane: A Carbene-Stabilized Diborene in a Strained cis-Configuration}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201609601}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-141981}, pages = {9}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Unsaturated bridges that link the two cyclopentadienyl ligands together in strained ansa metallocenes are rare and limited to carbon-carbon double bonds. The synthesis and isolation of a strained ferrocenophane containing an unsaturated two-boron bridge, isoelectronic with a C=C double bond, was achieved by reduction of a carbene-stabilized 1,1'-bis(dihaloboryl)ferrocene. A combination of spectroscopic and electrochemical measurements as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations was used to assess the influence of the unprecedented strained cis configuration on the optical and electrochemical properties of the carbene-stabilized diborene unit. Initial reactivity studies show that the dibora[2]ferrocenophane is prone to boron-boron double bond cleavage reactions.}, subject = {Metallocene}, language = {en} }