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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 44, Issue 16, Pages 7489-7499Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02822h
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- Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
- ERC
- DFG in the Normalverfahren
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The possibility of obtaining frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) suitable for H-2-activation based on the Lewis acid B(Ohfip)(3) 1 (Ohfip = OC(H)(CF3)(2)) was investigated. In this context, the crystal structure of 1 as well as the crystal structure of the very weak adduct 1.NCMe was determined. When reacting solutions of 1 with H-2 (1 bar) and selected phosphanes, amines, pyridines and N-heterocyclic carbenes, dihydrogen activation was never observed. Without H-2, adduct formation with 1 was observed to be an equilibrium process, regardless of the Lewis base adduct. Thus, the thermodynamics of H-2 activation of 1 in comparison with the well-known B(C6F5)(3) was analyzed using DFT calculations in the gas phase and different solvents (CH2Cl2, ortho-difluorobenzene and acetonitrile). These investigations indicated that FLP chemistry based on 1 is considerably less favored than that with B(C6F5)(3). This is in agreement with control NMR experiments indicating hydride transfer from [H-B(Ohfip) 3]-upon reaction with B(C6F5)(3), giving [H-B(C6F5)(3)]and B(Ohfip)(3) in toluene and also MeCN. Induced by these unsuccessful reactions, the Lewis acidity towards HSAB hard and soft ions was investigated for gaining a deeper insight. A unified reference system based on the trimethylsilyl compounds Me3Si-Y (Y = F, Cl, H, Me) and their respective ions Me3Si+/Y- calculated at the G3 level was chosen as the anchor point. The individual ion affinities were then assessed based on subsequent isodesmic reactions calculated at a much less expensive level (RI-) BP86/SV(P). This method was validated by systematic calculations of smaller reference systems at the frozen core CCSD(T) level with correlation effects extrapolated to a full quadruple-zeta basis. Overall, 33 common and frequently used Lewis acids were ranked with respect to their FIA, CIA, HIA and MIA (fluoride/chloride/hydride/methyl ion affinity).
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