Application of a nucleophilic boryl complex in the frustrated Lewis pair: activation of H-H, B-H and C=C bonds with B(C6F5)3 and boryl-borate lithium

Junhao Zheng; Yuwen Wang; Zhen Hua Li; Huadong Wang

doi:10.1039/c4cc07658c

Application of a nucleophilic boryl complex in the frustrated Lewis pair: activation of H-H, B-H and C=C bonds with B(C6F5)3 and boryl-borate lithium

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Mar 28;51(25):5505-8. doi: 10.1039/c4cc07658c.

Authors

Junhao Zheng¹, Yuwen Wang, Zhen Hua Li, Huadong Wang

Affiliation

¹ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Material, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Handan Rd. 220, Shanghai, 200433, China. huadongwang@fudan.edu.cn.

PMID: 25418573
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07658c

Abstract

The frustrated Lewis pair comprised of B(C6F5)3 and a boryl-borate lithium salt Li[pinBB(Ph)pin] can efficiently activate dihydrogen, pinacolborane and ethylene at ambient temperature. Theoretical studies suggest that the nucleophilic sp(2) boryl moiety of Li[pinBB(Ph)pin] plays different roles in these reactions.