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Divergence from the classical hydroboration reactivity; boron containing materials through a hydroboration cascade of small cyclic dienes.


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Authors

Andreou, Anna 
Leskes, Michal 
Jambrina, Pablo G 
Tustin, Gary J 
Grey, Clare P 

Abstract

The hydroboration 1,3- and 1,4-cyclic dienes has been systematically investigated. The behavior of such dienes towards mono and dihydroboration was monitored directly by 11B NMR to identify the actual boron species formed, as opposed to the most common analysis of the resultant oxidation products. Quantitative dihydroboration was achieved for the full range of cyclic dienes investigated including dienes, which were previously reported to be resistant to dihydroboration, leading to the formation of new boron-containing polymeric materials. The conditions favoring dihydroboration are reported as well as full characterisation of the materials. Furthermore, a hydroboration cascade mechanism is proposed for the formation of such boron-containing polymers, supported by both experimental and theoretical data.

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0302 Inorganic Chemistry

Journal Title

Chem Sci

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Journal ISSN

2041-6520
2041-6539

Volume Title

6

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Sponsorship
The authors would like to acknowledge the use of the EPSRC UK National Service for Computational Chemistry Software (NSCCS) at Imperial College London in carrying out this work. E. R. acknowledges computational support from the NIH Biowulf cluster.