TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zhang, Chonghe
A1  - Liu, Xiaocui
A1  - Wang, Junyi
A1  - Ye, Qing
T1  - A Three-Dimensional Inorganic Analogue of 9,10-Diazido-9,10-Diboraanthracene: A Lewis Superacidic Azido Borane with Reactivity and Stability
JF  - Angewandte Chemie
N2  - Herein, we report the facile synthesis of a three-dimensional (3D) inorganic analogue of 9,10-diazido-9,10-dihydrodiboraantracene, which turned out to be a monomer in both the solid and solution state, and thermally stable up to 230 °C, representing a rare example of azido borane with boosted Lewis acidity and stability in one. Apart from the classical acid-base and Staudinger reactions, E−H bond activation (E=B, Si, Ge) was investigated. While the reaction with B−H (9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane) led directly to the 1,1-addition on N\(_{α}\) upon N\(_{2}\) elimination, the Si−H (Et\(_{3}\)SiH, PhMe\(_{2}\)SiH) activation proceeded stepwise via 1,2-addition, with the key intermediates 5\(_{int}\) and 6\(_{int}\) being isolated and characterized. In contrast, the cooperative Ge−H was reversible and stayed at the 1,2-addition step.
KW  - E-H bond activation
KW  - boracycle
KW  - azido borane
KW  - lewis superacid
KW  - structure elucidation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-318322
VL  - 61
IS  - 36
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wei, Yuxiang
A1  - Wang, Junyi
A1  - Yang, Weiguang
A1  - Lin, Zhenyang
A1  - Ye, Qing
T1  - Boosting Ring Strain and Lewis Acidity of Borirane: Synthesis, Reactivity and Density Functional Theory Studies of an Uncoordinated Arylborirane Fused to o‐Carborane
JF  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - Among the parent borirane, benzoborirene and ortho‐dicarbadodecaborane‐fused borirane, the latter possesses the highest ring strain and the highest Lewis acidity according to our density functional theory (DFT) studies. The synthesis of this class of compounds is thus considerably challenging. The existing examples require either a strong π‐donating group or an extra ligand for B‐coordination, which nevertheless suppresses or completely turns off the Lewis acidity. The title compound, which possesses both features, not only allows the 1,2‐insertion of P=O, C=O or C≡N to proceed under milder conditions, but also enables the heretofore unknown dearomative 1,4‐insertion of Ar−(C=O)− into a B−C bond. The fusion of strained molecular systems to an o‐carborane cage shows great promise for boosting both the ring strain and acidity.
KW  - borirane
KW  - carborane
KW  - fused boracycles
KW  - Lewis acidity
KW  - ring strain
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312089
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Su, Wei
A1  - Rajeshkumar, Thayalan
A1  - Xiang, Libo
A1  - Maron, Laurent
A1  - Ye, Qing
T1  - Facile Synthesis of Uranium Complexes with a Pendant Borane Lewis Acid and 1,2‐Insertion of CO into a U−N Bond
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - In this contribution, we illustrate uranium complexes bearing a pendant borate (i.e. 1 and 2) or a pendant borane (i.e. 3 and 4) moiety via reaction of the highly strained uranacycle I with various 3‐coordinate boranes. Complexes 3 and 4 represent the first examples of uranium complexes with a pendant borane Lewis acid. Moreover, complex 3 was capable of activation of CO, delivering a new CO activation mode, and an abnormal CO 1,2‐insertion pathway into a U−N bond. The importance of the pendant borane moiety was confirmed by the controlled experiments.
KW  - Boranes
KW  - Boron
KW  - Carbon Monoxide
KW  - Lewis acids
KW  - Uranium
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312197
VL  - 61
IS  - 51
ER  -