The synthesis of brominated-boron-doped PAHs by alkyne 1,1-bromoboration : mechanistic and functionalisation studies
Abstract
The synthesis of a range of brominated-Bn-containing (n = 1, 2) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is achieved simply by reacting BBr3 with appropriately substituted alkynes via a bromoboration/electrophilic C-H borylation sequence. The brominated-Bn-PAHs were isolated as either the borinic acid or B-mesityl-protected derivatives, with the latter having extremely deep LUMOs for the B2-doped PAHs (with one example having a reduction potential of E1/2 = -0.96 V versus Fc+/Fc, Fc = ferrocene). Mechanistic studies revealed the reaction sequence proceeds by initial alkyne 1,1-bromoboration. 1,1-bromoboration also was applied to access a number of unprecedented 1-bromo-2,2-diaryl substituted vinylboronate esters direct from internal alkynes. Bromoboration/C-H borylation installs useful C-Br units onto the Bn-PAHs, which were utilised in Negishi coupling reactions, including for the installation of two triarylamine donor (D) groups onto a B2-PAH. The resultant D-A-D molecule has a low optical gap with an absorption onset at 750 nm and emission centered at 810 nm in the solid state.
Citation
Ingleson , M J , Yuan , K , Kahan , R J , Si , C , Williams , A , Kirschner , S , Uzelac , M , Zysman-Colman , E & Ingleson , M J 2020 , ' The synthesis of brominated-boron-doped PAHs by alkyne 1,1-bromoboration : mechanistic and functionalisation studies ' , Chemical Science , vol. Advance Article . https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC05404A
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Chemical Science
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2041-6520Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Open Access Article. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant no. 769599), the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2014-340) and the EPSRC (EP/P010482/1). C. Si thanks the China Scholarship Council (201806890001).Collections
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