Polymerization of coordinated monomers. XXII. Ab initio molecular orbital study on the binary radical complexes of 2-methoxycarbonyl propyl radical with boron trichloride and with boron trifluoride as a model of growing radical end

The geometrical and electronic structures of the binary radical complexes of 2-methoxycarbonyl propyl radical with boron trichloride and with boron trifluoride were determined by using an ab initio molecular orbital method. The 2-methoxycarbonyl propyl radical complex was a model of the growing radical end in the copolymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of boron halides. The most stable structure of the binary radical complex composed of 2-methoxycarbonyl propyl radical with boron trichloride was a twisted form in which the dihedral angle between the vinyl group and the ester group was 32°, while that of the binary radical complex composed of methyl methacrylate radical with boron trifluoride was a planar form as the free radical. The frontier orbital energy of 2-methoxycarbonyl propyl radical was lowered by 0.06 au by the coordination of boron trichloride, while that was lowered only by 0.02 au by the coordination of boron trifluoride. The polymerization mechanism was elucidated on the basis of these predictions. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Regioselective synthesis of 2-unsubstituted 1-aryl-4- and 1-aryl-5-acylimidazoles

An efficient and simple method for the synthesis of 2-unsubstituted 1-aryl-4- and 1-aryl-5-acylimidazoles has been developed. It consists in the condensation of α-diketone monooximes with aromatic amines and formaldehyde on the presence of boron trifluoride etherate, leading to the formation of stable boron trifluoride complexes of N-oxides. Further reduction of these complexes led to the corresponding imidazoles. This method permits broad variations of substituents in the aryl part of these compounds.     

Sur les complexes formés par le trifluorure de bore avec les sulfoxydes,aminoxydes, phosphinoxydes et arsinoxyde: Aspects généraux des spectres de RMN (1H, 11B, 19F et 31P)

Various complexes (R_nMO·BF₃) of boron trifluoride with sulphoxides, aminoxides, phosphinoxides and arsinoxides have been prepared and investigated using proton, fluorine (at variable temperature) boron and phosphorus resonance. A comparison with similar adducts containing a co-ordinative O? B bond is presented.     

Polymerization of coordinated monomers. XXI. Ab initio molecular orbital study on the binary molecular complex composed of methyl methacrylate and boron trifluoride

The stereo- and electronic structures of the binary molecular complex composed of methyl methacrylate and boron trifluoride are obtained by using an ab initio molecular orbital method with an STO-3G basis set. The total energy change on the binary molecular complex formation is ?1.3 X 10^?2 Hartree (?8.2 kcal/mol). The electron transfer from methyl methacrylate to boron trifluoride and the change in the energy level of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of methyl methacrylate on the complex formation with boron trifluoride are much smaller than those on the complex formation with boron trichloride. A twisted form in which the dihedral angle between the vinyl plane and the ester plane is 16.9° is the most stable structure of the binary molecular complex composed of methyl methacrylate and boron trifluoride. A strong bonding overlap population between a β-hydrogen of methyl methacrylate and a fluorine of boron trifluoride is found in this conformation. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The vibrational spectra of the boron halides and their molecular complexes. Part 13. Ab initio studies of the complexes of boron trifluoride with formaldehyde and some of its analogs

The structure, the interaction energy, and the vibrational spectrum of the electron donor–acceptor complex formed between boron trifluoride, as a Lewis acid, and formaldehyde, as a Lewis base, have been determined by means of ab initio calculations at the second‐order level of Møller–Plesset perturbation theory, using a triple‐zeta basis set with polarization and diffuse functions on all atoms. The object was to examine the differences in the properties of the complexes formed between boron trifluoride and an oxygen base containing oxygen in the sp² hybrid state with those of some sp³ oxygen bases studied earlier. The investigation has then been extended to include the related bases thioformaldehyde and methanimine, to assess the effect of substituting the oxygen atom by a sulphur atom or an imino group. A further range of formaldehyde analogs, containing one and two methyl groups, one and two fluorine atoms, and one methyl group and one fluorine atom, has also been included. The preferred structure of each complex has been identified. The computed data have been compared, and the complex properties correlated with some relevant physical properties of the bases. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2012     

Synthesis of new boron complexes: application to transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone derivatives

Two new boron complexes were synthesized from N‐[3‐(methylmercapto)aniline]‐3,5‐di‐tert‐butylsalicylaldimine ( LH ) with boron reagent BPh₃ or BF₃.Et₂O. These boron complexes are stable and easily soluble in protic solvents such as ethanol (C₂H₅OH) but hardly soluble in nonprotic solvents such as chloroform (CHCl₃), dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂) and tetrahydrofuran (THF). All new boron complexes have been fully characterized by both analytical and spectroscopic methods. The catalytic activities of complexes [LBPh₂], 2 , and [LBF₂], 3 , in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone derivatives were tested. Stable boron complexes were found to be efficient catalysts in the transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones in good conversions up to 99% in the presence of iso‐PrOH/KOH. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

乙酸-三氟化硼乙醚混合质子电解质

乙酸和三氟化硼乙醚(BFEE)本身离子电导率很低, 向乙酸中加入少量BFEE可以形成良好的混合质子电解质溶液. 随着乙酸中BFEE浓度的变化, 混合电解质溶液的离子电导率迅速上升, 当BFEE摩尔分数为65%时具有最大值, 达5800 μS/cm. 红外光谱和¹H NMR研究表明混合电解质中的主要导电离子为CH₃COOH₂^＋和CH₃COOBF₃^－.     

Polymerization of coordinated monomers. V. Polymerization of methyl methacrylate–Lewis acid complexes

The polymerization of the complex of methyl methacrylate with stannic chloride, aluminum trichloride, or boron trifluoride was carried out in toluene solution at several temperatures in the range of 60° to ?78°C by initiation of α,α′-azobisisobutyronicrile or by irradiation with ultraviolet rays. The tacticities of the resulting polymers were determined by NMR spectroscopy. Both the 1:1 and the 2:1 methyl methacrylate–SnCl₄ complexes gave polymers with similar tacticities at the polymerization temperatures above ?60°C. With decreasing temperature below ?60°C, the isotacticity was more favored for the 2:1 complex, whereas the tacticities did not change for the 1:1 complex. On the ESR spectroscopy of the polymerization solution under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays at ?120°C, the 1:1 SnCl₄ complex gave a quintet, while the 2:1 SnCl₄ complex gave both a quintet and a sextet. The sextet became weaker with increasing temperature and disappeared at ?60°C. This behavior of the sextet corresponds to the change of the tacticities of polymer for the 2:1 SnCl₄ complex. An intra–intercomplex addition was suggested for the polymerization of the 2:1 complex, which took a cis-configuration on the basis of its infrared spectra. The sextet can be ascribed to the radical formed by the intracomplex addition reaction, while the quintet can correspond to that formed by the intercomplex addition reaction. The proportion of the intracomplex reaction was estimated to be about 0.25 at ?75°C, and the calculated value of the probability of isotactic diad addition of the intracomplex reaction was found to be almost unity.     

Solvent Extraction of Heavy Metals with a 23-Membered Macrocyclic Ionophore Attached with BF 2 + -Capped Cobalt(III) Complex

A new (E, E)-dioxime cobalt(III) complex [Co(HL)₂pyCl]containing four 23-membered macrocyclic ionophores has beenprepared. The cobalt(III) complex [Co(LBF₂)₂pyCl]bridged with BF₂ ⁺ was prepared using the precursorcobalt(III) complex and boron trifluoride ethyl ethercomplex. The solvent extraction of heavy metal cationssuch as Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Hg²⁺ and Pb²⁺ by the BF₂ ⁺-capped cobalt(III) complex has been investigated. The structure of the complexes is proposedaccording to elemental analyses, ¹H and ¹³C-NMR, IRand mass spectral data.     

Structure and Reactivity of Uracil Derivatives. 2. Ambident Nucleophilic Reactivity of 5-Diazouracil

On the basis of 3-21G type ab initio calculations we have studied all the possible complexes of 5-diazouracil with boron trifluoride. The most stable of these are the systems with the BF₃ coordinated at the 3, 9, and 10 positions of the heterocyclic molecule.     

A new method for the synthesis of bishydroperoxides based on a reaction of ketals with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by boron trifluoride complexes

A reaction of cycloalkanone, alkanone and alkyl aryl ketone ketals with H₂O₂ catalyzed by boron trifluoride etherate and boron trifluoride-methanol complexes was studied. A new versatile method for the synthesis of bishydroperoxides and their derivatives, viz. 1,1′-dihydroperoxyperoxides and 1,2,4,5-tetraoxacyclohexanes, was developed based on this reaction.     

Acylation of Cyclopropyl-Substituted Alkenes with Complexes Formed by ω-(Ethylthio)alkanoyl Fluorides and Boron Trifluoride

Cyclopropyl-substituted alkenes react with complexes formed by boron trifluoride and 3-(ethylthio)propionyl fluoride and 2-(ethylthio)acetyl fluoride to give ketones containing an ethylthio group. In most cases the reaction is not accompanied by opening of the three-membered ring or rearrangements.     

Etude de la Basicite de Composes Organophosphores Typiques dans Leurs Complexes de Lewis Avec le Trifluorure de Bore

Various complexes of boron trifluoride and typical organo-phosphours compounds have been investigated using proton and fluorine resonance (at variable temperature) and boron and phosphorus resonance. In BF₃, boron resonance is insensitive to the complex strength, but fluorine resonance suggests the possibility of various types of complexes on the phosphorus group or, additionally on the heteroatoms (e.g. oxygen, nitrogen) of the molecule. These complexes are probably σ type. Proton chemical shifts in the organo-phosphorus compounds follow the same trends as in similar complexes of amines, esters etc.; these perturbations may be mainly due to magnetic anisotropy effects; proton-phosphorus couplings conversely follow changes in phosphorus electronegativity.     

Design,synthesis, and evaluation of unsymmetrical difluoro‐boron complexes with imidazoline as potential fungicides

A series of unsymmetrical difluoro‐boron(BF₂) complexes with pyridine and imidazoline were synthesized by reaction of new chelating ligands (arylmethyl‐imidazolidinylidene)‐pyridin‐2‐yl‐amine with boron trifluoride diethyl etherate. All the ligands and BF₂ complexes were structurally characterized by IR, HRMS, ¹H, ¹³C,¹¹B, and ¹⁹F NMR, indicating the bidentate complexation of imidazoline nitrogen and the pyridine nitrogen to the boron center. Evaluation of agricultural bioactivities showed that some of the BF₂ complexes exhibited moderate fungicidal activities, and most of the BF₂ complexes exhibited higher activities than the none‐BF₂ complexed substrates. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 20:418–424, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20567     

Regioselective complexation in the 2H‐chromene series and studies of their photochromic properties

The regioselectivity of the complexation of chromenes with tricarbonyl(trispyridine)chromium [Cr(CO)₃Py₃] can be controlled by the addition of BF₃·Et₂O boron trifluoride etherate. Depending on the molar ratio of the Lewis acid, different complexes can be prepared. The spectrokinetic properties of the so‐formed complexes were studied and it was shown that the thermal bleaching constants are either more or less reduced, depending on the position of ­the chromium tricarbonyl moiety. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Polymerization of allyl(vinyl phenyl) ethers and reactions of the resulting polymers

Solution polymerizations of allyl(o-vinyl phenyl)ether and allyl(p-vinyl phenyl)ether with cationic and radical initiators were investigated. Soluble polymers were formed in polymerizations with boron trifluoride etherate and with benzoyl peroxide. In polymerization with azobisisobutyronitrile the polymerization in dilute solution gave a soluble polymer, whereas that in concentrated solution gave a crosslinked, insoluble one. For informationon the polymerization behavior some infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopic investigations of the soluble polymers were made. From these results it appears that polymers with pendant allyl groups are formed in polymerization with boron trifluoride etherate at low temperature, and polymers containing pendant vinyl groups and allyl groups are obtained with the two types of radical initiator. Copolymerizations of these monomers with ethyl vinyl ether and styrene with the use of boron trifluoride etherate were sucessfully effected. Such reactions as Claisen rearrangement, crosslinking induced with radical initiators, and epoxidation with perbenzoic acid were examined for the polymers prepared in the polymerization with boron trifluoride etherate. Good results were obtained for the former two reactions. However, the latter was unsuccessful.     

Catalysis of dimerization and oligomerization reactions of lower alkenes by systems based on Ni(PPh3)2(C2H4) and Ni(PPh3) n Cl (n = 2 or 3)

The catalytic characteristics of the individual complex Ni(PPh₃)₂(C₂H₄) and Ni(PPh₃) _n Cl (n = 2 or 3) and those of systems based on these complexes in combination with Brönsted and Lewis acids in ethylene and propylene oligomerization have been determined. A correlation between the BF₃ · OEt₂ solution storage time and the catalytic properties of the nickel systems has been established for the reactions of the lower alkenes. The observed increase in the turnover frequency and turnover number of the catalyst is due to the increase in the Brörsted acid concentration as a result of irreversible conversions of BF₃ · OEt₂ caused by its interaction with impurity water in the solvent. The formation of the Ni(PPh₃)₂(C₂H₄)-BF₃ · OEt₂ catalytic system in the presence of a substrate dramatically extends the system’s service life. The interaction of the nickel precursors with boron trifluoride etherate has been investigated using a complex of physical methods, and the main reactions yielding catalytically active species have been revealed.     

Donor-acceptor complexes of linear oligopyrroles with boron trifluoride. Spectral studies and quantum-chemical simulation

Intermediate products of synthesis of the boron trifluoride complexes with linear oligopyrroles are found. By means of electronic spectroscopy it was shown that the reaction of linear oligopyrroles with boron trifluoride in solutions resulted in the formation of stable donor-acceptor complexes. Their composition was established and the formation constants were evaluated. It was shown that transformation of these complexes in the corresponding borofluoride complexes is possible only while boiling the reaction mixture. By means of quantum-chemical methods the structural and energy parameters of the donor-acceptor complexes under study were calculated.     

Biimidazol-2-yl–BF2 complexes

Nonfluorescent 4,4′,5,5′-tetramethyl- and 4,5,4′,5′-bistetramethylene biimidazol-2-yls 5 and 6 combined with boron trifluoride to give the tetramethyl and bistetramethylenebiimidazol-2-yl–BF₂ complexes 9 and 10 isolated as strongly fluorescent BF₃ salts, λ_f (dichloromethane): 377 nm Φ 0.93 and 386 nm Φ 0.90. Similarly, fluorescent bibenzimidazol-2-yl 7 , λ_f (ethanol), 370 nm Φ 0.14, gave a BF₂ complex 11 isolated as a BF₃ salt λ_f (ethanol), 417 nm Φ 0.68.     

Boron fluorides of cis- and trans-2-aryl-3-aroylaziridines

The reaction of boron trifluoride etherate with cis- and trans-2-aryl-3-aroylaziridines yields the respective complexes in high yield. According to PMR spectral data the methyl group of boron trifluoride trans-1-methyl-3-aroylaziridines is located in syn-position, and in the cis-aziridine complexes in anti-position, to the carbonyl group.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1047–1049, August, 1987.