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A Bicyclic P–P-Bridged 1,3,2,4-Diphosphadiboretane Cation and an Imino(phosphinidene)borane–AlBr3 Adduct

✍ Scribed by Klaus Knabel; Thomas M. Klapötke; Heinrich Nöth; Robert T. Paine; Ingo Schwab


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
192 KB
Volume
2005
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-1948

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Abstract

Depending on reaction conditions the 1,3,2,4‐diphosphadiboretane 1 reacts with AlBr~3~ to give the unstable adduct tmp=B=P(__t__Bu)AlBr~3~, 3, and/or the somewhat more stable salt [(tmpB)~2~(P__t__Bu)P]^+^[AlBr~4~], 2. The X‐ray structure determination of 3 shows an almost linear NBP array with BN and BP double bonds resembling an allene type structure. NBO analysis shows the presence of BN‐ and BP‐π‐bonds. On the other hand, the cation of compound 2 has a bicyclic structure with a long P–P bond [2.349(2) Å]. The B–P bonds to the phosphonium type P2 atom [av. 1.939(5) Å] are longer than those to the tri‐coordinated P1 atom [1.889(6) Å]. NBO analysis of the model compound (H~2~NB)~2~(PMe)P^+^, 9, show that the P–P bond in 2 is formed from p‐orbitals.

(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)