@unpublished{HermannArrowsmithTrujilloGonzalezetal.2020, author = {Hermann, Alexander and Arrowsmith, Merle and Trujillo-Gonzalez, Daniel and Jim{\´e}nez-Halla, J. Oscar C. and Vargas, Alfredo and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Trapping of a Borirane Intermediate in the Reductive Coupling of an Arylborane to a Diborene}, series = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, doi = {10.1021/jacs.0c02306}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-203140}, year = {2020}, abstract = {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.}, language = {en} } @article{StennettJayaramanBrueckneretal.2020, author = {Stennett, Tom E. and Jayaraman, Arumugam and Br{\"u}ckner, Tobias and Schneider, Lea and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Hydrophosphination of boron-boron multiple bonds}, series = {Chemical Science}, volume = {11}, journal = {Chemical Science}, doi = {10.1039/c9sc05908c}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-240681}, pages = {1335-1341}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Five compounds containing boron-boron multiple bonds are shown to undergo hydrophosphination reactions with diphenylphosphine in the absence of a catalyst. With diborenes, the products obtained are highly dependent on the substitution pattern at the boron atoms, with both 1,1- and 1,2- hydrophosphinations observed. With a symmetrical diboryne, 1,2-hydrophosphination yields a hydro(phosphino)diborene. The different mechanistic pathways for the hydrophosphination of diborenes are rationalised with the aid of density functional theory calculations.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{SchmidtFantuzziArrowsmithetal.2020, author = {Schmidt, Uwe and Fantuzzi, Felipe and Arrowsmith, Merle and Hermann, Alexander and Prieschl, Dominic and Rempel, Anna and Engels, Bernd and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Tuneable reduction of cymantrenylboranes to diborenes or borylene-derived boratafulvenes}, series = {Chemical Communications}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, doi = {10.1039/D0CC06398C}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222149}, year = {2020}, abstract = {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.}, language = {en} } @article{LiuLegareSeufertetal.2020, author = {Liu, Siyuan and L{\´e}gar{\´e}, Marc-Andr{\´e} and Seufert, Jens and Prieschl, Dominic and Rempel, Anna and Englert, Lukas and Dellermann, Theresa and Paprocki, Valerie and Stoy, Andreas and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {2,2′-Bipyridyl as a Redox-Active Borylene Abstraction Agent}, series = {Inorganic Chemistry}, volume = {59}, journal = {Inorganic Chemistry}, number = {15}, doi = {10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01383}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-215595}, pages = {10866-10873}, year = {2020}, abstract = {2,2′-Bipyridyl is shown to spontaneously abstract a borylene fragment (R-B:) from various hypovalent boron compounds. This process is a redox reaction in which the bipyridine is reduced and becomes a dianionic substituent bound to boron through its two nitrogen atoms. Various transition metal-borylene complexes and diboranes, as a well as a diborene, take part in this reaction. In the latter case, our results show an intriguing example of the homolytic cleavage of a B═B double bond.}, language = {en} } @article{EwingDellermannAngelWongetal.2020, author = {Ewing, William C. and Dellermann, Theresa and Angel Wong, Y. T. and Mattock, James D. and Vargas, Alfredo and Bryce, David L. and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {\(\pi\)-Complexes of Diborynes with Main Group Atoms}, series = {Chemistry - An Asian Journal}, volume = {15}, journal = {Chemistry - An Asian Journal}, number = {10}, doi = {10.1002/asia.202000185}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214677}, pages = {1553 -- 1557}, year = {2020}, abstract = {We present herein an in-depth study of complexes in which a molecule containing a boron-boron triple bond is bound to tellurate cations. The analysis allows the description of these salts as true π complexes between the B-B triple bond and the tellurium center. These complexes thus extend the well-known Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model of bonding to compounds made up solely of p block elements. Structural, spectroscopic and computational evidence is offered to argue that a set of recently reported heterocycles consisting of phenyltellurium cations complexed to diborynes bear all the hallmarks of \(\pi\)-complexes in the \(\pi\)-complex/metallacycle continuum envisioned by Joseph Chatt. Described as such, these compounds are unique in representing the extreme of a metal-free continuum with conventional unsaturated three-membered rings (cyclopropenes, azirenes, borirenes) occupying the opposite end.}, language = {en} } @article{ThiessErnstKupferetal.2020, author = {Thiess, Torsten and Ernst, Moritz and Kupfer, Thomas and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Facile Access to Substituted 1,4-Diaza-2,3-Diborinines}, series = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, volume = {26}, journal = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, number = {13}, doi = {10.1002/chem.201905356}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214650}, pages = {2967 -- 2972}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Several bis(dimethylamino)-substituted 1,4-diaza-2,3-diborinines (DADBs) were synthesized with variable substituents at the backbone nitrogen atoms. By reaction with HCl or BX\(_{3}\) (X=Br, I), these species were successfully converted into their synthetically more useful halide congeners. The high versatility of the generated B-X bonds in further functionalization reactions at the boron centers was demonstrated by means of salt elimination (MeLi) and commutation (NMe\(_{2}\) DADBs) reactions, thus making the DADB system a general structural motif in diborane(4) chemistry. A total of 18 DADB derivatives were characterized in the solid state by X-ray diffraction, revealing a strong dependence of the heterocyclic bonding parameters from the exocyclic substitution pattern at boron. According to our experiments towards the realization of a Dipp-substituted, sterically encumbered DADB, the mechanism of DADB formation proceeds via a transient four-membered azadiboretidine intermediate that subsequently undergoes ring expansion to afford the six-membered DADB heterocycle.}, language = {en} } @article{SaalfrankFantuzziKupferetal.2020, author = {Saalfrank, Christian and Fantuzzi, Felipe and Kupfer, Thomas and Ritschel, Benedikt and Hammond, Kai and Krummenacher, Ivo and Bertermann, R{\"u}diger and Wirthensohn, Raphael and Finze, Maik and Schmid, Paul and Engel, Volker and Engels, Bernd and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {cAAC-Stabilized 9,10-diboraanthracenes—Acenes with Open-Shell Singlet Biradical Ground States}, series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, volume = {59}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, number = {43}, doi = {10.1002/anie.202008206}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-217795}, pages = {19338 -- 19343}, year = {2020}, abstract = {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.}, language = {en} } @article{MerzDietzVonhausenetal.2020, author = {Merz, Julia and Dietz, Maximilian and Vonhausen, Yvonne and W{\"o}ber, Frederik and Friedrich, Alexandra and Sieh, Daniel and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Moos, Michael and Holzapfel, Marco and Lambert, Christoph and Marder, Todd B.}, title = {Synthesis, Photophysical and Electronic Properties of New Red-to-NIR Emitting Donor-Acceptor Pyrene Derivatives}, series = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, volume = {26}, journal = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, number = {2}, doi = {10.1002/chem.201904219}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-207486}, pages = {438-453}, year = {2020}, abstract = {We synthesized new pyrene derivatives with strong bis(para -methoxyphenyl)amine donors at the 2,7-positions and n -azaacene acceptors at the K-region of pyrene. The compounds possess a strong intramolecular charge transfer, leading to unusual properties such as emission in the red to NIR region (700 nm), which has not been reported before for monomeric pyrenes. Detailed photophysical studies reveal very long intrinsic lifetimes of >100 ns for the new compounds, which is typical for 2,7-substituted pyrenes but not for K-region substituted pyrenes. The incorporation of strong donors and acceptors leads to very low reduction and oxidation potentials, and spectroelectrochemical studies show that the compounds are on the borderline between localized Robin-Day class-II and delocalized Robin-Day class-III species.}, language = {en} } @article{HorrerKrahfussLubitzetal.2020, author = {Horrer, G{\"u}nther and Krahfuß, Mirjam J. and Lubitz, Katharina and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Radius, Udo}, title = {N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene Complexes of Titanium(IV) and Titanium(III)}, series = {European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry}, volume = {2020}, journal = {European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1002/ejic.201901207}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-208725}, pages = {281-291}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The reaction of one and two equivalents of the N -heterocyclic carbene IMes [IMes = 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene] or the cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene cAAC\(^{Me}\) [cAAC\(^{Me}\) = 1-(2,6-diisopropyl-phenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetra-methylpyrrolidin-2-ylidene] with [TiCl\(_{4}\)] in n -hexane results in the formation of mono- and bis-carbene complexes [TiCl\(_{4}\)(IMes)] 1 , [TiCl\(_{4}\)(IMes)2] 2 , [TiCl\(_{4}\)(cAAC\(^{Me}\))] 3 , and [TiCl\(_{4}\)(cAAC\(^{Me}\))\(_{2}\)] 4 , respectively. For comparison, the titanium(IV) NHC complex [TiCl\(_{4}\)(Ii Pr\(^{Me}\))] 5 (Ii Pr\(^{Me}\) = 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene) has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The reaction of [TiCl\(_{4}\)(IMes)] 1 with PMe\(_{3}\) affords the mixed substituted complex [TiCl\(_{4}\)(IMes)(PMe\(_{3}\))] 6 . The reactions of [TiCl\(_{3}\)(THF)\(_{3}\)] with two equivalents of the carbenes IMes and cAAC\(^{Me}\) in n -hexane lead to the clean formation of the titanium(III) complexes [TiCl\(_{3}\)(IMes)\(_{2}\)] 7 and [TiCl\(_{3}\)(cAAC\(^{Me}\))\(_{2}\)] 8 . Compounds 1 -8 have been completely characterized by elemental analysis, IR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and for 2 -5 , 7 and 8 by X-ray diffraction. Magnetometry in solution, EPR and UV/Vis spectroscopy and DFT calculations performed on 7 and 8 are indicative of a predominantly metal-centered d\(^{1}\)-radical in both cases.}, language = {en} } @article{MerzDietrichNitschetal.2020, author = {Merz, Julia and Dietrich, Lena and Nitsch, J{\"o}rn and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Moos, Michael and Mims, David and Lambert, Christoph and Marder, Todd B.}, title = {Synthesis, Photophysical and Electronic Properties of Mono-, Di-, and Tri-Amino-Substituted Ortho-Perylenes, and Comparison to the Tetra-Substituted Derivative}, series = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, volume = {26}, journal = {Chemistry - A European Journal}, number = {52}, doi = {10.1002/chem.202001475}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-217835}, pages = {12050 -- 12059}, year = {2020}, abstract = {We synthesized a series of new mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-substituted perylene derivatives with strong bis(para-methoxyphenyl)amine (DPA) donors at the uncommon 2,5,8,11-positions. The properties of our new donor-substituted perylenes were studied in detail to establish a structure-property relationship. Interesting trends and unusual properties are observed for this series of new perylene derivatives, such as a decreasing charge transfer (CT) character with increasing number of DPA moieties and individual reversible oxidations for each DPA moiety. Thus, (DPA)-Per possesses one reversible oxidation while (DPA)\(_{4}\)-Per has four. The mono- and di-substituted derivatives display unusually large Stokes shifts not previously reported for perylenes. Furthermore, transient absorption measurements of the new derivatives reveal an excited state with lifetimes of several hundred microseconds, which sensitizes singlet oxygen with quantum yields of up to 0.83.}, language = {en} }