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Highly strained heterocycles constructed from Boron-Boron multiple bonds and heavy chalcogens
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:26 authored by Holger Braunschweig, Philipp Constantinidis, Theresa Dellermann, William C Ewing, Ingo Fischer, Merlin Hess, Fergus R Knight, Phillip Nejman, Anna Rempel, Christoph Schneider, Stefan Ullrich, Alfredo VargasAlfredo Vargas, J. Derek WollinsThe reactions of a diborene with elemental selenium or tellurium are shown to afford a diboraselenirane or diboratellurirane, respectively. These reactions are reminiscent of the sequestration of sub-valent oxygen and nitrogen in the formation of oxiranes and aziridines; however, such reactivity is not known between alkenes and the heavy chalcogens. While carbon is too electronegative to facilitate the reduction of elements of lower relative electronegativity, this is overcome by the highly reducing nature of the double bond in diborenes. The capacity of multiple bonds between boron to donate electron density is highlighted in a reaction where diboryne is shown to behave as nucleophile, attacking diarylditellurides in the formation of a diboratellurenium cations with aryltelluride anions.
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Publication status
- Published
Journal
Angewandte Chemie International EditionISSN
1521-3773Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, WeinheimExternal DOI
Issue
18Volume
55Page range
5606-5609Department affiliated with
- Chemistry Publications
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