<i>Ortho</i>-aryl substituted DPEphos ligands: rhodium complexes featuring C–H anagostic interactions and B–H agostic bonds
James J. Race, Arron L. Burnage, Timothy M. Boyd, Alex Heyam, Antonio J. Martínez‐Martínez, Stuart A. Macgregor, Andrew S. Weller
Abstract
Rh(<sc>i</sc>) complexes of <italic>ortho</italic>-substituted DPEphos-R (R = H, Me, OMe, <sup>i</sup>Pr) ligands show anagostic interactions; for R =<sup>i</sup>Pr C–H activation/dehydrogenative borylation forms a product exhibiting both B–H/Rh 3c-2e agostic and C–H/Rh anagostic motifs.
Topics & Concepts
Agostic interactionRhodiumBorylationChemistryArylStereochemistryHydrogen bondMedicinal chemistryCrystallographyCatalysisMoleculeAlkylOrganic chemistryMetalOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions