Phosphinoborinium cation: a synthon for cationic B-P bond systems

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Sep 8;58(72):10068-10071. doi: 10.1039/d2cc02933b.

Abstract

Herein, we report access to phosphinoborinium cations via heterolytic cleavage of the boron-bromide bond in bromophosphinoborane. The product of the reaction was isolated as a dimeric dication possessing a planar B2P2 core. Activation of the C-H and C-P bonds in the dication led to the formation of the borinium-phosphaborene adduct. Reactivity studies revealed that the title cation exhibits ambiphilic properties and intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair features.