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Superseding β‐Diketiminato Ligands: An Amido Imidazoline‐2‐Imine Ligand Stabilizes the Exhaustive Series of B=X Boranes (X=O, S, Se, Te)
Author(s) -
Dolati Hadi,
Denker Lars,
Trzaskowski Bartosz,
Frank René
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202015553
Subject(s) - chemistry , chalcogen , imine , boranes , ligand (biochemistry) , moiety , chelation , medicinal chemistry , boron , lewis acids and bases , coordination complex , stereochemistry , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , metal , biochemistry , receptor , catalysis
Boron reluctantly forms B=X (X=O, S, Se, Te) moieties, which has stimulated the quest for such species in the past few years. Based on the N,N′‐chelating β‐diketiminato ligand (HNacNac), a new amido imidazoline‐2‐imine ligand system (HAmIm) is presented, giving rise to the isolation of an exhaustive series of Lewis acid free, monomeric chalcogen B=X boranes with documented π‐bond character between boron and the chalcogen. The chalcogenoboranes are isoelectronic and isolobal to the respective ketones. The chemical behavior of the oxoborane (B=O) strongly resembles the classical carbonyl reactivity in C=O bonds. The improved stability provided by HAmIm arises from the formation of more‐stable five‐membered boron chelates versus the six‐membered NacNac analogues and from the imidazoline‐2‐imine moiety providing enhanced σ‐ and π‐donation. The HAmIm ligand class may supersede the widely employed NacNac system in certain applications.