Murphy Brendan L, Maltz Logan T, Gabbaï François P
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
Inorg Chem. 2024 Dec 16;63(50):23568-23576. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03178. Epub 2024 Dec 3.
Catecholatostiboranes have emerged as useful Lewis acids in several applications. To better understand the factors that control the properties of these species, we examined the Lewis acidities of (-CClO)Sb(-Tol) (, Tol = tolyl) and (-CClO)Sb(-Tol) (), two triarylcatecholatostiboranes that differ by the nature of the aryl substituent. Fluoride anion binding studies indicate that is more Lewis acidic than , a factor readily assigned to the steric crowding around antimony in the case of the -tolyl derivative. But, while binds F trans to a Sb-C bond as is typical of catecholatostiboranes, prefers binding trans to a Sb-O bond. Computational analyses of and reveal the existence of several σ holes, and an activation strain analysis is employed to elucidate the origin of these stiboranes' anion-binding geometry preferences.
儿茶酚硼酸酯在多种应用中已成为有用的路易斯酸。为了更好地理解控制这些物种性质的因素,我们研究了(-CClO)Sb(-Tol)(,Tol = 甲苯基)和(-CClO)Sb(-Tol)()这两种三芳基儿茶酚硼酸酯的路易斯酸度,它们因芳基取代基的性质不同而有所差异。氟阴离子结合研究表明,比更具路易斯酸性,这一因素很容易归因于 -甲苯基衍生物中锑周围的空间拥挤。但是,虽然像儿茶酚硼酸酯通常那样与F以反式结合到一个Sb-C键上,但更喜欢与反式结合到一个Sb-O键上。对和的计算分析揭示了几个σ 空穴的存在,并采用活化应变分析来阐明这些硼酸酯阴离子结合几何偏好的起源。