碳硼烷硼氢键选择性官能团化的研究进展

由于独特的三维立体结构、硼含量高、良好的热稳定性和化学稳定性等特点,碳硼烷及其衍生物在材料、催化、医药、超分子和配位化学等领域应用广泛,因此发展高效、高区域选择性的碳硼烷B-H键的官能团化的方法学备受硼化学家的关注。本文对近年来碳硼烷B-H键的官能团化的反应类型及相关反应机理予以论述,希望为后续研究提供可靠的参考。     

过渡金属催化硼-氢键活化合成含硼-杂原子键邻碳硼烷衍生物的研究进展

十二顶点碳硼烷是一类含有碳、氢及硼原子的簇合物,具有特殊的热稳定性和化学稳定性,在医药、材料、能源、配位化学及金属有机化学中都得到广泛的应用.近年来,过渡金属催化的碳硼烷直接硼-氢键活化发展迅速,为硼顶点选择性官能团化提供了一系列新的高效路径.总结了利用过渡金属催化硼-氢键活化策略来实现邻碳硼烷硼-硼、硼-氮、硼-氧、硼-硫及硼-卤键构建的研究进展,同时对部分反应机理进行了讨论,并就该研究领域所面临的挑战和发展前景进行了展望.     

碳硼烷硼端衍生物的合成与表征

在路易斯酸催化下,碳硼烷分别与对氰基溴化苄、三苯基膦在甲苯溶液里回流,前者反应中,制备得碳硼烷的硼端与对氰基苄基中的亚甲基直接偶联的产物1,通过调整催化剂的含量,可以显著地提高含B-Cl键的产物2的产率;与三苯基膦的反应中,碳硼烷失去一个硼顶,并与三苯基膦中的P原子直接偶联,生成含B-P键的巢式碳硼烷衍生物3。对此两类化合物进行了核磁、质谱、红外及单晶衍射等表征。化合物1和2中均发现碳硼烷的CH与N形成CH…N氢键和CH…π的弱作用,其中化合物2中,还存在CH…Cl。在巢式化合物3中,发现碳硼烷的CH参与了罕见的CH…HC相互作用。这类反应成功合成了含有B-C、B-Cl、B-P键的碳硼烷衍生物。     

膦氧导向钯催化邻碳硼烷Heck类型的官能团化反应（英文）

邻-碳硼烷的选择性官能团化是碳硼烷化学中的一个热点.由于邻-碳硼烷特殊的三维芳香性,其在聚集诱导发光材料、非线性发光材料以及其他功能材料领域有着广泛的应用.在邻碳硼烷上引入π-共轭体系能进一步扩大其在发光材料领域的应用.报道了膦氧导向钯催化邻碳硼烷Heck类型的单烯基化反应.     

钯催化硼-碳和硼-杂原子键构建一锅法合成双官能团化邻-碳硼烷※

碳硼烷是由碳氢和硼氢顶点组成的笼状分子, 在医药、能源和材料等领域有着重要应用, 但目前在碳硼烷硼顶点引入杂原子取代基的方法还较为有限. 基于此, 本工作从3-碘-邻-碳硼烷出发, 通过钯催化烯基化、金属迁移及后续与杂原子亲核试剂的偶联反应, 一锅法构筑硼碳键和硼杂原子键, 成功实现了一系列新型3-烯基-4-胺基/烷氧基/烷(芳)硫基-邻-碳硼烷衍生物的合成.     

基于B-H键的活化对含B-C、B-Cl、B-P键的碳硼烷硼端衍生物的合成与表征

在路易斯酸催化下,碳硼烷分别与对氰基溴化苄、三苯基膦在甲苯溶液里回流,前者反应中,制备得碳硼烷的硼端与对氰基苄基中的亚甲基直接偶联的产物1,通过调整催化剂的含量,可以显著地提高含B-Cl键的产物2的产率;与三苯基膦的反应中,碳硼烷失去一个硼顶,并与三苯基膦中的P原子直接偶联,生成含B-P键的巢式碳硼烷衍生物3。对此两类化合物进行了核磁、质谱、红外及单晶衍射等表征。化合物1和2中均发现碳硼烷的CH与N形成CH…N氢键和CH…π的弱作用,其中化合物2中,还存在CH…Cl。在巢式化合物3中,发现碳硼烷的CH参与了罕见的CH…HC相互作用。这类反应成功合成了含有B-C、B-Cl、B-P键的碳硼烷衍生物。     

碳硼烷化学发展之路

碳硼烷分子具有独特的笼状结构,能够表现出三维芳香性和稳定的物理化学性质,这使得碳硼烷不仅能够应用于有机硼化学及金属有机化学,而且在生物学、材料学等领域也有不错的应用前景。本文叙述了碳硼烷化学的发展历史、碳硼烷化合物的结构性质,并简要介绍了碳硼烷近年来在生物医学、发光材料以及催化剂领域的应用,希望对读者了解碳硼烷化学的新进展能够有所帮助。     

碳硼烷和碳硼炔金属配合物中金属-碳键的化学性质

碳硼烷和碳硼炔金属配合物中的金属-碳键具有不同于经典金属-碳键的化学性质.一方面,二十面体碳硼烷独特的电子和空间效应使得碳硼烷金属配合物中的金属-碳键不参与和不饱和分子的反应 另一方面,在一定条件下具有大空间位阻的碳硼笼可以诱导某些碳-碳偶联反应.然而,碳硼炔金属配合物中的金属-碳键能与多种不饱和分子发生反应,其反应模式取决于中心金属离子的电子构型.本文简要总结了我们近期在这方面的研究进展.     

基于B-H键的活化对含B-C、B-Cl、B-P键的碳硼烷硼端衍生物的合成与表征

在路易斯酸催化下,碳硼烷分别与对氰基溴化苄、三苯基膦在甲苯溶液里回流,前者反应中,制备得碳硼烷的硼端与对氰基苄基中的亚甲基直接偶联的产物1,通过调整催化剂的含量,可以显著地提高含B-Cl键的产物2的产率;与三苯基膦的反应中,碳硼烷失去一个硼顶,并与三苯基膦中的P原子直接偶联,生成含B-P键的巢式碳硼烷衍生物3。对此两类化合物进行了核磁、质谱、红外及单晶衍射等表征。化合物1和2中均发现碳硼烷的CH与N形成CH…N氢键和CH…π的弱作用,其中化合物2中,还存在CH…Cl。在巢式化合物3中,发现碳硼烷的CH参与了罕见的CH…HC相互作用。这类反应成功合成了含有B-C、B-Cl、B-P键的碳硼烷衍生物。     

碳硼烷双酚二缩水甘油醚的合成与表征及耐高温性能研究

以o-(3)和m-碳硼烷双酚(4)为原料,经两步法合成了o-(1)和m-碳硼烷双酚二缩水甘油醚(2),FTIR、1H-NMR、GPC和环氧值测试都表明得到了预期结构的碳硼烷环氧树脂.固化反应动力学研究结果显示,1/DDS和2/DDS体系的反应活化能(Ea)分别为79.0和67.1 k J·mol-1,比E-51/DDS略高,说明碳硼烷结构的存在降低了环氧树脂的反应活性.以Ea结果为依据,确定了1(2)/DDS体系的固化工艺为180℃/2h+200℃/2h.热分析结果表明,以DDS为固化剂时,1和2的Tg分别为175.8和167.6℃,高于TDE-85的154.1℃.TGA结果表明,2/DDS固化物在空气气氛下700℃的残炭率高达78.7%,说明碳硼烷结构的存在极大提高了环氧树脂高温稳定性.碳硼烷环氧树脂空气气氛中的高温残炭率比氮气中高,原因是碳硼烷结构中的B-H键与空气中的氧气反应生成B—O—B结构,因而提高了残炭率,并在一定程度上延缓了体系的失重.     

1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐Carborane: Generation and Reaction with Arenes

Like the importance of benzyne, witnessed in modern arene chemistry for decades, 1,2‐dehydro‐o‐carborane (o‐carboryne), a three‐dimensional relative of benzyne, has been used as a synthon for generating a wide range of cage, carbon‐functionalized carboranes over the past 20 years. However, the selective B functionalization of the cage still represents a challenging task. Disclosed herein is the first example of 1,3‐dehydro‐o‐carborane featuring a cage C? B bond having multiple bonding characters, and is successfully generated by treatment of 3‐diazonium‐o‐carborane tetrafluoroborate with non‐nucleophilic bases. This presents a new methodology for simultaneous functionalization of both cage carbon and boron vertices.     

Facial Synthesis of o‐Carborane‐Substituted Alkenes and Allenes by a Regioselective Ene Reaction of 1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐carborane

1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐carborane is a useful synthon for selective cage boron functionalization of o‐carboranes. It reacts readily with alkenes or alkynes to give a variety of cage B(3)‐alkenyl/allenyl o‐carboranes by ene reactions in very high yields and excellent regioselectivity. This can be ascribed to the highly polarized cage C?B multiple bond, which lowers the activation barriers of the ene reaction.     

One‐pot Annulation for Biaryl‐fused Monocarba‐closo‐dodecaborate through Aromatic B−H Bond Disconnection

We have developed a one‐pot annulation reaction of monocarba‐closo‐dodecaborate with cyclic diaryliodonium salts to afford biaryl‐fused derivatives. Aryl functionalities are introduced at both the 1‐carbon and unreactive ortho‐boron vertices of the “σ‐aromatic” carborane cage without the need for pre‐functionalization. DFT calculations revealed that the palladium‐catalyzed C?B bond‐formation step in this process proceeds through a concerted metalation–deprotonation (CMD)‐type pathway for the B?H bond disconnection on the aromatic cage, though such bonds are generally regarded as hydridic.     

Direct Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Cage B−H Bonds by Grignard Reagents: A Route to Regioselective B4-Alkylation of o-Carboranes

Direct nucleophilic substitution reaction of cage B−H bonds of o-carboranes by Grignard reagents in the absence of any transition metals has been achieved for the first time, and leads to the regioselective synthesis of a series of 4-alkyl-1,2-diaryl-o-carboranes in very high yields. The presence of two electron-withdrawing aryl groups on the cage carbon atoms is crucial to realizing the reaction. The regioselectivity is controlled by both electronic and steric factors. This work represents a new strategy for the development of methods for carborane functionalization.     

Direct Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Cage B−H Bonds by Grignard Reagents: A Route to Regioselective B4‐Alkylation of o‐Carboranes

Direct nucleophilic substitution reaction of cage B−H bonds of o ‐carboranes by Grignard reagents in the absence of any transition metals has been achieved for the first time, and leads to the regioselective synthesis of a series of 4‐alkyl‐1,2‐diaryl‐o ‐carboranes in very high yields. The presence of two electron‐withdrawing aryl groups on the cage carbon atoms is crucial to realizing the reaction. The regioselectivity is controlled by both electronic and steric factors. This work represents a new strategy for the development of methods for carborane functionalization.     

Boron cluster-based development of potent nonsecosteroidal vitamin D receptor ligands: direct observation of hydrophobic interaction between protein surface and carborane

We report here the design and synthesis of a novel vitamin D receptor (VDR) agonist whose hydrophobic core structure is p-carborane (1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane, an icosahedral carbon-containing boron cluster having remarkable thermal and chemical stability and a characteristically hydrophobic B-H surface). This carborane-based VDR ligand exhibited moderate vitamin D activity, comparable to that of the natural hormone, despite its simple and flexible structure. X-ray structure analysis provided direct evidence that the carborane cage binds to the hydrophobic surface of the ligand-binding pocket of the receptor, promoting transition to the active conformation. These results indicate that the spherical B-H surface of carborane can function efficiently as a hydrophobic anchor in binding to the receptor surface, thereby allowing induced fitting of the three essential hydroxyl groups on the alkyl chains to the appropriate positions for interaction with the VDR binding site, despite the entropic disadvantage of the flexible structure. We suggest that carborane structure is a promising option in the design of novel drug candidates.     

Hyperpolarizability of 6-vertex carboranes quantum chemical study

Structure and molecular first hyperpolarizability (β) of nitro-amino-substituted 6-vertex 1,6-carboranes are investigated by means of DFT calculations. The results obtained have revealed that the relative orientation of substituents with respect to the carborane cage influences bond lengths distribution in the cage, which leads to significant changes in the values of hyperpolarizabilities. Calculations with different basis sets have demonstrated that the value of β is not significantly affected by the choice of basis set. The calculated data shows that hyperpolarizability of carborane molecules substituted for carbon atoms is lower than when substituted for boron atoms. For latter molecule, the value of β is of the same order as that of para-nitroaniline molecule.     

Novel families of three-component reversible redox cycles involving cage deformation via intramolecular redox reaction: tetrathiolate-bridged dinuclear molybda- and tungstacarboranes

The synthesis and structural analysis of two novel families of three-component reversible redox cycles [(C(2)B(9)H(11))M(mu-SPh)(2)](2)(n)PPN(n) (M = Mo, n = 2-, 2; 1-, 3; 0, 4; and M = W, n = 2-, 6; 1-, 7; 0, 8), where the cleavage and re-formation of the carborane cage C-C bond is observed during the redox reaction, are reported. Electronic saturation of the metal center (18e center) and the lack of bulky substituents on the carborane cage suggest that the deformed carborane cages in 2.PPN(2), 6.PPN(2), and 7.PPN invoke a new kind of deformed cage ("semicloso" framework). The XPS results show that the unprecedented competition for electron density between the metal center and the carborane cage is involved in the cleavage and formation of the carborane C-C bond.     

Palladium‐Catalyzed Regioselective Diarylation of o‐Carboranes By Direct Cage B−H Activation

Palladium‐catalyzed intermolecular coupling of o‐carborane with aromatics by direct cage B?H bond activation has been achieved, leading to the synthesis of a series of cage B(4,5)‐diarylated‐o‐carboranes in high yields with excellent regioselectivity. Traceless directing group ‐COOH plays a crucial role for site‐ and di‐selectivity of such intermolecular coupling reaction. A Pd^II–Pd^IV–Pd^II catalytic cycle is proposed to be responsible for the stepwise arylation.