硼烷的结构规则

本文讨论了不同类型多面体硼烷的结构规则,建立了硼烷成键分子轨道数与其硼多面体骨架的顶点数和面数之间的关系,并表述为统一的拓扑公式。对于单多面体硼烷结构,该公式与Wade规则等价,但是它还可以用于讨论各种稠合型多面体硼烷的结构。按此公式,可以认为硼烷的成键分子轨道数由硼多面体骨架完全确定。量子化学计算结果对此给以很好的验证。     

A structural rule of polyhedral boranes and heteroboranes

In this paper we propose a topological rule to account for both the simple and conjuctopolyhedral boranes and heteroboranes. The calculated results are in good agreement with the real molecular formulas. Furthermore, we have also made some quantum chemistry calculations to verify and discuss the rule.     

硼烷分子中化学键性质的研究III. 锥型分子B3H6X的结构与成键特征

用MP2/6-31G方法, 对三角锥型分子B3H6X(X=B^2^-, C^-,N, O^+, BH^-, CH和NH^+)及其碎片B3H6和X的结构进行了abinitio研究。结果表明, 当X=NH^+, O^+和N时, B3H6基环上的端氢(Ht)朝着帽基X方向, 而当X=CH, BH^-, B^2^-和C^-时, Ht却转向帽基X的方向。这种特征可用配位原子的电负性和配位原子轨道的弥散性给以说明。我们还进一步研究了B3H6X系列化合物的结合能和稳定性。     

A unifying electron-counting rule for macropolyhedral boranes, metallaboranes, and metallocenes.

A generally applicable electron-counting rule-the mno rule-that integrates macropolyhedral boranes, metallaboranes, and metallocenes and any combination thereof is presented. According to this rule, m + n + o number of electron pairs are necessary for a macropolyhedral system to be stable. Here, m is the number of polyhedra, n is the number of vertices, and o is the number of single-vertex-sharing condensations. For nido and arachno arrangements, one and two additional pairs of electrons are required. Wade's n + 1 rule is a special case of the mno rule, where m = 1 and o = 0. B20H16, for example has m = 2 and n = 20, leading to 22 electron pairs. Ferrocene, with two nido polyhedral fragments, has m = 2, n = 11, and o = 1, making the total 2 + 11 + 1 + 2 = 16. The generality of the mno rule is demonstrated by applying it to a variety of known macropolyhedral boranes and heteroboranes. We also enumerate the various pathways for condensation by taking icosahedral B12 as the model. The origin of the mno rule is explored by using fragment molecular orbitals. This clearly shows that the number of skeletal bonding molecular orbitals of two polyhedral fragments remains unaltered during exohedral interactions. This is true even when a single vertex is shared, provided the common vertex is large enough to avoid nonbonding interactions of adjacent vertices on either side. But the presence of more than one common vertex results in the sharing of surface orbitals thereby, reducing the electronic requirements.     

Studies on aromatic amine boranes by 11B and 1H NMR

¹H and ¹¹B NMR spectroscopy was applied to mono- and bisborane adducts derived from aryl-, benzyl-, phenethyl- and phenylenediamines, but no simple relationship was established between the spectroscopic data and the nature of the NB bond. Comparative studies of the affinity of aromatic amines to BH₃ by equilibria reactions may be of great value in establishing a scale of relative basicity.     

Mild reduction of chlorophosphine boranes to secondary phosphine boranes

A number of reducing reagents were assessed in the transformation of chlorophosphine boranes to secondary phosphine boranes. The efficiency of the process requires judicious matching between steric and electronic requirements of reductant and the substrate. The stereochemistry of the reduction was investigated by using a chiral precursor.     

硼烷分子中化学键性质的研究I.乙硼烷分子中的四中心键

采用Dunning基的从头计算量子化学方法阐明,在乙硼烷中两个氢桥三中心键已因σ-共轭效应而融合成一个四中心键.对此四中心键可用整体的总键强参数以及其组成部分B-B和B-Hb-B的总键强参数,比较全面地表示其强度方面的特征.进而指明其质子磁共振谱以及热化学的实验数据都支持这一理论论断.     

A "sea urchin" family of boranes and carboranes: the 6m + 2n electron rule

A new family of related borane and carborane cages has been designed computationally. These compounds obey a new electron counting rule (6m + 2n rule) rather than Wade's rule. The structures of these cages can be conceived by combining m aromatic pyramidal and n aromatic triangular units. The interstitial electrons from the m pyramids (six electrons for each unit) and the n triangles (two electrons for each unit) constitute the total 6m + 2n skeletal electrons. The greater number of skeletal electron pairs in large closo-borane cages (e.g., B32H328- or C8B24H32) achieves stabilization through the optimal occupancy of all bonding orbitals. The favorable electronic structure, the large HOMO-LUMO gaps, the large lowest positive frequencies, and the local aromaticity of the pyramidal and triangular units (as demonstrated by the large negative NICS values) of the new large closo-cages auger well for their eventual experimental realization.     

钼铁硫原子簇化合物的结构规则

本文将过渡金属原子簇化合物的9N-L结构规则, 用于讨论Mo-Fe-S原子簇化合物, 得到了它们的结构和自旋性质之间的关系,推得的理论最大自旋值与实验事实吻合. 进而, 对各种Mo-Fe-S原子簇化合物的典型分子或模型分子, 进行了EHMO量子化学计算, 得到了与上述讨论相一致的结果, 进 一步揭示和验证了上述讨论的本质.     

Semiempirical molecular orbital calculations on boranes

Traditional Pariser-Parr-Pople and variable electronegativity calculations have been carried out on C₆H₅B(OR)₂ and p-CH₃OC₆H₄B(OR)₂, and the results compared with calculations for C₆H₅BR₂. It is concluded that the VE-SCF method offers a real advantage over the simple PPP method for predicting percent charge transfer and transition intensity in cases where excited states possess substantial C.T. character. The restriction that empirically chosen parameters fit the observed transition energies and intensities of both triarylboranes and ArB(OR)₂ requires the choice of a boron VSIP greater than 2.0 eV in the fixed parameter procedure of the usual PPP-SCF-CI method for these molecules. Observed transitions in C₆H₅B(OR)₂ correlate with ¹ L _b, ¹ L _a, ¹ B _b, whereas the first absorption maximum of (C₆H₅)₃B is assigned to C.T. (¹ A ₁¹ A ₁) local C _2v symmetry.

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Zusammenfassung PPP- und VE SCF-Rechnungen wurden für C₆H₅B(OR)₂ und p-CH₃OC₆H₄(OR)₂ durch- geführt, und die Ergebnisse wurden mit denjenigen für C₆H₅BR₂ verglichen. Es kann der Schluß gezogen werden, daß die VE SCF-Methode einen Vorteil gegenüber der einfachen PPP-Methode bietet, um den prozentualen Charge Transfer und Übergangsintensitäten in Fällen zu bestimmen, in denen die angeregten Zustände einen wesentlichen C.T.-Charakter besitzen. Die Bedingung, daß die empirisch gewählten Parameter den beobachteten Übergangsenergien und -intensitäten von sowohl Triarylboranen als auch ArB(OR)₂ angepaßt sein sollen, erfordert die Wahl eines Bor-VSIP größer als 2,0 eV im Rahmen der üblichen Parametrisierung der PPP-SCF-CI-Methode. Beobachtete Über-gänge in C₆H₅B(OR)₂ korrelieren mit ¹ L _b, ¹ L _a, ¹ B _b, wogegen das erste Absorptionsmaximum des (C₆H₅)₃B einem C.T.-Übergang (¹ A ₁¹ A ₁) lokaler C_2v -Symmetrie zugeordnet wird.

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Résumé Des calculs traditionnels Pariser-Parr-Pople et des calculs d'électronégativité variable ont été effectués sur C₆H₅B(OR)₂ et p-CH₃OC₆H₄B(OR)₂ avec comparison aux résultats obtenus pour C₆H₅BR₂. La conclusion est que la méthode VE-SCF offre un réel avantage sur la méthode PPP simple en ce qui concerne la prédiction du transfert de charge et de l'intensité de transition pour les états excités possédant un net caractère de transfert de charge. La restriction selon laquelle les paramètres empiriques doivent permettre de reproduire les énergies de transition et les intensités des deux triarylboranes et de ArB(OR)₂, nécessite le choix d'un potential d'ionisation de l'état de valence du bore supérieur de 2 eV à celui employé dans les méthodes ordinaires. Les transitions observées dans C₆H₅B(OR)₂ sont reliées à ¹ L _b, ¹ L _a, ¹ B _b, tandis que la première absorption de (C₆H₅)₃B est attribuée à un transfert de charge (¹ A ₁¹ A ₁) de symétrie locale C_2v.

     

Boron-Nitrogen Compounds. 92 [1]. Spectroscopic Studies on Bis(dimethylamino)boranes

Bor-Stickstoff-Verbindungen. 92. Spektroskopische untersuchungen an bis(dimethylamino)boranen Die schwingungsspektren von bis(dimethylamino)boranen [(CH₃)₂N]₂BX mit X ? H, D, CH₃ und CD₃ wurden aufgenommen; die Zuordnungen zu den Grundschwingungen stehen im Einklang mit den Ergebnissen einer Normalkoordinatenanalyse. Des weiteren werden einige kernmagnetische Resonanzdaten von Bis(dimethylamino)boranen diskutiert.     

Polyhedral boranes and elemental boron: direct structural relations and diverse electronic requirements.

Details of the electronic and structural connections between macropolyhedral boranes and elemental boron are reported. The nature of electron deficiency in the beta-rhombohedral polymorph of boron is analyzed by using a molecular fragments approach with boranes as model systems. The B57H36 molecule constructed from such an approach has three more electrons than mandated by the electron-counting rules (Balakrishnarajan, M. M.; Jemmis, E. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 456. Jemmis, E. D.; Balakrishnarajan, M. M.; Pancharatna, P. D. J. Am Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4313-4323.) devised for macropolyhedral boranes. This is also confirmed by electronic structure calculations at the extended Hückel and B3LYP/6-31G levels. The aromaticity of this B57H36(3+) molecule is on par with the most stable B12H12(2-) itself, as revealed by nuclear independent chemical shift calculations. The B57 skeleton can be made electron precise by adopting a nido arrangement by eliminating an atom from the closo skeleton, so that three valence electrons will be removed. The exact site of elimination, governed by thermodynamic factors, necessitates the removal of a boron atom from any of the six symmetrically equivalent B[13] sites in the unit cell. This leads to partial occupancies, which causes disorder in packing, as revealed by X-ray structure studies. The rest of the boron atoms are distributed in icosahedral B12 fragments, whose two-electron deficiency is satisfied by the capping of extra atoms, distributed statistically in the interstitial sites. These results show that the three-dimensional network of the idealized beta-rhombohedral unit cell is not stable, unlike the electron-precise carbon polymorphs such as diamond and graphite. Thus, disorder in the form of partial occupancies, interstitial atoms, alien atoms, etc., is necessary for electron sufficiency and hence for the stability of this polymorphic form. Through these ingenious steps, all components of the unit cell attain electron sufficiency, which explains the high thermodynamic stability of the polymorph. The connection established between boranes and elemental boron in terms of their structure and distribution of electrons has important implications in understanding the structure of boron-rich solids and new strategies to utilize their diverse and technologically important properties.     

Ruthenium-catalyzed dehydrogenation of ammonia boranes

The dehydrogenation of ammonia borane (AB) and methylammonia borane (MeAB) is shown to be catalyzed by several Ru-amido complexes. Up to 1 equiv of H2 (1.0 system wt %) is released from AB by as little as 0.03 mol % Ru within 5 min, and up to 2 equiv of H2 (3.0 system wt %) are released from MeAB with 0.5 mol % Ru in under 10 min at room temperature, the first equivalent emerging within 10 s. Also, a mixture of AB/MeAB yields up to 3.6 system wt % H2 within 1 h with 0.1 mol % Ru. Computational studies were performed to elucidate the mechanism of dehydrogenation of AB. Finally, it was shown that alkylamine-boranes can serve as a source of H2 in the Ru-catalyzed reduction of ketones and imines.     

Intramolecular hydroboration of unsaturated phosphine boranes

Homoallylic phosphine boranes undergo intramolecular hydroboration upon activation by triflic acid. The reaction occurs via an intermediate B-trifluorosulfonyloxyborane complex such as 15, followed by S(N)1-like or S(N)2-like displacement of the triflate leaving group, apparently leading to the formation of a four-center transition state. In the case of trisubstituted double bonds, as in the substrates 29 and 32, ionic hydrogenation of the alkene competes with internal hydroboration.     

Reaction of 1,2,3-selenadiazoles with boranes

The complex formation of 1,2,3-selenadiazoles with boron trifluoride etherate and phenyldichloroborane has been studied. The molecular structure of the5-ethoxycarbonyl-4-methyl-1,2,3-selenadiazole has been confirmed by X-ray analysis. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 289–293, February, 2007.     

Organoboron compounds,synthesis of allyl(dialkyl)boranes and diallyl(alkyl)boranes

Highly reactive allyl(dialkyl)-, crotyl(dialkyl)-, 3,3-dimethylallyl(dialkyl)-(= prenyl(dialkyl), and diallyl(alkyl)-boranes were prepared by allylation of esters R₂BOR′, RB(OR′)₂ or thioesters R₂BSR′ (R = alkyl) using allylic derivatives of aluminium, magnesium or boron in exchange reactions.The titled compounds are stable up to 100°C and do not symmetrize even on heating at 100°C for a long time. PMR spectroscopy data show that the characteristic feature of these compounds is a permanent allyl rearrangement, the rate of which increases with an increase in temperature. For allyl(diethyl)-borane at 100°C and 125°C the rates are equal to 2500 and 5000 sec^?1 respectively; activation energy of the rearrangement amounts to 11.8±0.2 kcal mol^?1.The boronallyl bonds in unsymmetrical allyl(alkyl)boranes readily split under the action of water and alcohols, protonolysis being accompanied by allyl rearrangement, crotyl and prenyl compounds are converted into 1-butene or 3-methyl-1-butene, respectively.     

Reactions of substituted pyridines with electrophilic boranes

The lutidine derivative (2,6-Me(2))(4-Bpin)C(5)H(2)N when combined with B(C(6)F(5))(3) yields a frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) which reacts with H(2) to give the salt [(2,6-Me(2))(4-Bpin)C(5)H(2)NH][HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (1). Similarly 2,2'-(C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N)(2) and (4,4'-(C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N)(2) were also combined with B(C(6)F(5))(3) and exposed to H(2) to give [(2,2'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(4,6-Me(2))N][HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (2) and [(4,4'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))N] [HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (3), respectively. The mono-pyridine-N-oxide 4,4'-N(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO formed the adduct (4,4'-N(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO)(B(C(6)F(5))(3)) (4) which reacts further with B(C(6)F(5))(3) and H(2) to give [(4,4'-HN(2,6-Me(2))C(5)H(2)C(5)H(2)(2,6-Me(2))NO)B(C(6)F(5))(3)] [HB(C(6)F(5))(3)] (5). In a related sense, 2-amino-6-CF(3)-C(5)H(3)N reacts with B(C(6)F(5))(3) to give (C(5)H(3)(6-CF(3))NH)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(3))) (6). Similarly, the species, 2-amino-quinoline, 8-amino-quinoline and 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyridine were reacted with B(C(6)F(5))(3) to give the products as (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NHB(C(6)F(5))(3)) (7), (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NH(2)B(C(6)F(5))(3)) (8) and (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-OB(C(6)F(5))(3)) (9), respectively; while 2-amino-6-picoline, 2-amino-6-CF(3)-pyridine, 2-amino-quinoline, 8-amino-quinoline and 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyridine react with ClB(C(6)F(5))(2) to give the species (C(5)H(3)(6-R)NH)(2-NH(ClB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (R = Me (10), R = CF(3) (11)) (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NH(ClB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (12), (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NH(2)ClB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (13) and (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-OClB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (14), respectively. In a similar manner, 2-amino-6-picoline and 2-amino-quinoline react with B(C(6)F(5))(2)H to give (C(5)H(3)(6-Me)NH)(2-NH(HB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (15) and (C(9)H(6)NH)(2-NH(HB(C(6)F(5))(2))) (16). The corresponding reaction of 8-amino-quinoline yields (C(9)H(6)N)(8-NHB(C(6)F(5))(2)) (17). In a similar fashion, reaction of 2-amino-6-CF(3)-pyridine resulted in the formation of (18) formulated as (C(5)H(3)(6-CF(3))N)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(2)). Finally, treatment of 15 with iPrMgCl gave (C(9)H(6)N)(2-NH(B(C(6)F(5))(2))) (19). Crystallographic studies of 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 15 are reported.     

Synthesis and reactions of N-heterocyclic carbene boranes

Boranes are widely used Lewis acids and N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are popular Lewis bases, so it is remarkable how little was known about their derived complexes until recently. NHC-boranes are typically readily accessible and many are so stable that they can be treated like organic compounds rather than complexes. They do not exhibit "borane chemistry", but instead are proving to have a rich chemistry of their own as reactants, as reagents, as initiators, and as catalysts. They have significant potential for use in organic synthesis and in polymer chemistry. They can be used to easily make unusual complexes with a broad spectrum of functional groups not usually seen in organoboron chemistry. Many of their reactions occur through new classes of reactive intermediates including borenium cations, boryl radicals, and even boryl anions. This Review provides comprehensive coverage of the synthesis, characterization, and reactions of NHC-boranes.