- Association and Dissociation of Grignard Reagents RMgCl and Their Turbo Variant RMgC?LiCl
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Grignard reagents RMgCl and their so-called turbo variant, the highly reactive RMgC?LiCl, are of exceptional synthetic utility. Nevertheless, it is still not fully understood which species these compounds form in solution and, in particular, in which way LiCl exerts its reactivity-enhancing effect. A combination of electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry, electrical conductivity measurements, NMR spectroscopy (including diffusion-ordered spectroscopy), and quantum chemical calculations is used to analyze solutions of RMgCl (R=Me, Et, Bu, Hex, Oct, Dec, iPr, tBu, Ph) in tetrahydrofuran and other ethereal solvents in the absence and presence of stoichiometric amounts of LiCl. In tetrahydrofuran, RMgCl forms mononuclear species, which are converted into trinuclear anions as a result of the concentration increase experienced during the electrospray process. These trinuclear anions are theoretically predicted to adopt open cubic geometries, which remarkably resemble structural motifs previously found in the solid state. The molecular constituents of RMgCl and RMgC?LiCl are interrelated via Schlenk equilibria and fast intermolecular exchange processes. A small portion of the Grignard reagent also forms anionic ate complexes in solution. The abundance of these more electron-rich and hence supposedly more nucleophilic ate complexes strongly increases upon the addition of LiCl, thus rationalizing its beneficial effect on the reactivity of Grignard reagents.
- Schnegelsberg, Christoph,Bachmann, Sebastian,Kolter, Marlene,Auth, Thomas,John, Michael,Stalke, Dietmar,Koszinowski, Konrad
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- PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHONIUM BORATE COMPOUND, NOVEL PHOSPHONIUM BORATE COMPOUND, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
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The invention relates to a phosphonium borate compound represented by Formula (I) (hereinafter, the compound (I)). The invention has objects of providing (A) a novel process whereby the compound is produced safely on an industrial scale, by simple reaction operations and in a high yield; (B) a novel compound that is easily handled; and (C) novel use as catalyst. ????????Formula (I) : (R1)(R2)(R3)PH·BAr4?????(I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and Ar are as defined in the specification. The process (A) includes reacting a phosphine with a) HCl or b) H2SO4 to produce a) a hydrochloride or b) a sulfate; and reacting the salt with a tetraarylborate compound. The compound (B) has for example a secondary or tertiary alkyl group as R1 and is easily handled in air without special attention. The use (C) is characterized in that the compound (I) is used instead of an unstable phosphine compound of a transition metal complex catalyst for catalyzing C-C bond, C-N bond and C-O bond forming reactions and the compound produces an effect that is equal to that achieved by the transition metal complex catalyst.
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