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Preparation and Use of Carbonyl-decorated Carbenes in the Activation of White Phosphorus

Here we present a protocol for the synthesis of two distinct carbonyl-decorated carbenes. Both carbenes can be prepared using nearly identical procedures ...

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The reaction of [Li(THF)(4)][1,8-mu-(Mes(2)B)C(10)H(6)] with HgCl(2) affords [1,1'-(Hg)-[8-(Mes(2)B)C(10)H(6)](2)] () or [1-(ClHg)-8-(Mes(2)B)C(10)H(6)] (), depending on the stoichiometry of the reagents. These two new compounds have been characterized by (1)H, (13)C, (11)B and (199)Hg NMR, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallography. The cyclic voltammogram of in THF shows two distinct waves observed at E(1/2) -2.31 V and -2.61 V, corresponding to the sequential reductions of the two boron centers. Fluoride titration experiments monitored by electrochemistry suggest that binds tightly to one fluoride anion and more loosely to a second one. Theses conclusions have been confirmed by a UV-vis titration experiment which indicates that the first fluoride binding constant (K(1)) is greater than 10(8) M(-1) while the second (K(2)) equals 5.2 (+/- 0.4) x 10(3) M(-1). The fluoride binding properties of have been compared to those of [1-(Me(2)B)-8-(Mes(2)B)C(10)H(6)] () and [1-((2,6-Me(2)-4-Me(2)NC(6)H(2))Hg)-8-(Mes(2)B)C(10)H(6)] (). Both experimental and computational results indicate that its affinity for fluoride anions is comparable to that of but significantly lower than that of the diborane . In particular, the fluoride binding constants of , and in chloroform are respectively equal to 5.0 (+/- 0.2) x 10(5) M(-1), 1.0 (+/- 0.2) x 10(3) M(-1) and 1.7 (+/- 0.1) x 10(3) M(-1). Determination of the crystal structures of the fluoride adducts [S(NMe(2))(3)][-mu(2)-F] and [S(NMe(2))(3)][-mu(2)-F] along with computational results indicate that the higher fluoride binding constant of arises from a strong chelate effect involving two fluorophilic boron centers.

Fluoride ion complexation by a B(2)/Hg heteronuclear tridentate Lewis acid.

Isolation of a neutral P8 cluster by [2+2] cycloaddition of a diphosphene facilitated by carbene activation of white phosphorus.

Treatment of dichlorophenylphosphine with two equivalents of carbonyl-decorated carbenes results in a two-electron reduction of the phosphorus centre concomitant with carbene oxidation to afford novel phosphaalkenes as confirmed via crystallographic, spectroscopic, and DFT analyses.

Phosphaalkene vs. phosphinidene: the nature of the P-C bond in carbonyl-decorated carbene → PPh adducts.

A diamidocarbene was coordinated to an antimony(III) dichloride Lewis acid. Subsequent reduction with magnesium gave a monomeric, formally antimony(I) fragment that is supported by the diamidocarbene. Spectroscopic, crystallographic, and computational analyses demonstrated that the carbene ligand engages the antimony(I) center in π-backbonding resulting in a short (2.068(7) Å) Sb-C interaction that is comparable to those observed in known stibaalkenes.

Article	Year
Fluoride ion complexation by a B(2)/Hg heteronuclear tridentate Lewis acid. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)\| PubMed ID: 18698447	2008
Isolation of a neutral P8 cluster by [2+2] cycloaddition of a diphosphene facilitated by carbene activation of white phosphorus. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)\| PubMed ID: 23568344	2013
Phosphaalkene vs. phosphinidene: the nature of the P-C bond in carbonyl-decorated carbene → PPh adducts. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)\| PubMed ID: 23925541	2014
Metal-free stabilization of monomeric antimony(I): a carbene-supported stibinidene. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 24925469	2014

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