Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
5 years ago

A Vicinal Electrophilic Diborylation Reaction Furnishes Doubly Boron-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

A Vicinal Electrophilic Diborylation Reaction Furnishes Doubly Boron-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Hans-Wolfram Lerner, Matthias Wagner, Michael Bolte, Alexandra John
Ten examples of unsymmetrically benzannulated, boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (B-PAHs) were prepared by a one-pot protocol using 4,5-dichloro-1,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)benzene (1), BBr3, and selected PAHs—among them anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, biphenylene, and fluoranthene. After mesitylation at the boron centers, the resulting air- and water-stable products were investigated by 1H/11B{1H}/13C{1H} NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, cyclic voltammetry, and UV/Vis absorption/emission spectroscopy. The experiments were augmented by DFT calculations. Most of the B-PAHs are brightly luminescent (ΦPL up to 90 %) and undergo reversible reduction at moderate half-wave potentials. The two chloro substituents of 1 are not only mandatory for accomplishing efficient diborylation, but can subsequently be used for Stille-type coupling reactions to introduce 2-thienyl moieties. Alternatively, Cl/H exchange is achievable with HSiEt3 in a quantitative, Pd-catalyzed transformation. Vicinally boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (B-PAHs) were prepared in a three-component reaction between a PAH, BBr3, and an electron-poor 1,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)benzene. This approach provides a screening tool for libraries of B-PAHs.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201701591

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