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Ring-opening and ring-expansion reactions of carborane-fused borirane.


ABSTRACT: Though the reaction chemistry of three-membered ring molecules such as cyclopropanes and their heteroatom-containing analogues has been extensively studied, the chemical properties of their boron analogues, boriranes, are little known thus far. This work describes the diverse reactivity patterns of carborane-fused borirane 2. This borirane engages in ring-opening reactions with different types of Lewis acids, such as BBr3, GeCl2, GaCl3, BH3(SMe2) and HBpin, affording a series of ring-opening products, in which M-X or B-H bonds add across the B-C(cage) bond of the three-membered ring in 2. On the other hand, borirane 2 can undergo ring-expansion reactions with unsaturated molecules such as PhCHO, CO2 and PhCN to give ring-expansion products, five-membered boracycles, via a concerted reaction mechanism as supported by DFT calculations. The results of this work not only enrich the reaction chemistry of boriranes, but also offer new routes to boron-containing compounds and heterocycles.

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8513813 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ring-opening and ring-expansion reactions of carborane-fused borirane.

Wang Hanqiang H   Zhang Jie J   Xie Zuowei Z  

Chemical science 20210909 39


Though the reaction chemistry of three-membered ring molecules such as cyclopropanes and their heteroatom-containing analogues has been extensively studied, the chemical properties of their boron analogues, boriranes, are little known thus far. This work describes the diverse reactivity patterns of carborane-fused borirane <b>2</b>. This borirane engages in ring-opening reactions with different types of Lewis acids, such as BBr<sub>3</sub>, GeCl<sub>2</sub>, GaCl<sub>3</sub>, BH<sub>3</sub>(SMe<  ...[more]

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