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- Title
Barium‐Catalysed Dehydrocoupling of Hydrosilanes and Borinic Acids: A Mechanistic Insight.
- Authors
Le Coz, Erwann; Zhang, Ziyun; Roisnel, Thierry; Cavallo, Luigi; Falivene, Laura; Carpentier, Jean‐François; Sarazin, Yann
- Abstract
Two very rare cases of barium boryloxides, the homoleptic [Ba(OB{CH(SiMe3)2}2)2⋅C7H8] and the heteroleptic [{LONO4}BaOB{CH(SiMe3)2}2] stabilised by the multidentate aminoetherphenolate {LONO4}−, are presented, and their structural properties are discussed. The electron‐deficient [Ba(OB{CH(SiMe3)2}2)2⋅C7H8] shows, in particular, resilient η6‐coordination of the toluene molecule. Together with its amido parents [Ba{N(SiMe3)2}2⋅thf2] and [Ba{N(SiMe3)2}2]2, this complex catalyses the fast and chemoselective dehydrocoupling of borinic acids R2BOH and hydrosilanes HSiR′3, yielding borasiloxanes R2BOSiR′3 in a controlled fashion. The assessment of substrate scope indicates that, for now, the reaction is limited to bulky borinic acids. Kinetic analysis shows that the rate‐limiting step of the catalytic manifold traverses a dinuclear transition state. A detailed mechanistic scenario is proposed on the basis of DFT computations, the results of which are fully consistent with experimental data. It consists of a stepwise process with rate‐determining nucleophilic attack of a metal‐bound O‐atom onto the incoming hydrosilane, involving throughout dinuclear catalytically active species.
- Subjects
ALKALINE earth metals; TRANSITION state theory (Chemistry); SILANE; ACIDS; BARIUM
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 16, p3535
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201904933