Diboramacrocycles: reversible borole dimerisation–dissociation systems
Sonja Fuchs, Arumugam Jayaraman, Ivo Krummenacher, Laura Haley, Marta Baštovanović, Maximilian Fest, Krzysztof Radacki, Holger Helten, Holger Braunschweig
Abstract
Diboramacrocycles are a new form of borole dimers, participating in various addition reactions as “masked” boroles. The reaction of a less crowded diboramacrocycle with organic azides affords unprecedented complex heteropropellanes.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryBoraneArylAdductSteric effectsDensity functional theorySubstituentDissociation (chemistry)ThiopheneComputational chemistryAzideBoranesPhotochemistryBoronMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisAlkylOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryBoron Compounds in ChemistryOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis