A Highly Active Bidentate Magnesium Catalyst for Amine‐Borane Dehydrocoupling: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies

A magnesium complex (1) featuring a bidentate aminopyridinato ligand is a remarkably selective catalyst for the dehydrocoupling of amine‐boranes. This reaction proceeds to completion with low catalyst loadings (1 mol %) under mild conditions (60 °C), exceeding previously reported s‐block systems in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemistry : a European journal 2019-05, Vol.25 (27), p.6840-6846
Hauptverfasser: Ried, Alexander C. A., Taylor, Laurence J., Geer, Ana M., Williams, Huw E. L., Lewis, William, Blake, Alexander J., Kays, Deborah L.
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Zusammenfassung:A magnesium complex (1) featuring a bidentate aminopyridinato ligand is a remarkably selective catalyst for the dehydrocoupling of amine‐boranes. This reaction proceeds to completion with low catalyst loadings (1 mol %) under mild conditions (60 °C), exceeding previously reported s‐block systems in terms of selectivity, rate, and turnover number (TON). Mechanistic studies by in situ NMR analysis reveals the reaction to be first order in both catalyst and substrate. A reaction mechanism is proposed to account for these findings, with the high TON of the catalyst attributed to the bidentate nature of the ligand, which allows for reversible deprotonation of the substrate and regeneration of 1 as a stable resting state. Reversible coordination: A MgII complex featuring an aminopyridinato ligand is a remarkably selective catalyst for amine‐borane dehydrocoupling. The bidentate ligand allows the catalyst to reversibly regenerate the MgII complex as the resting state, rather than irreversibly forming a magnesium hydride species, leading to high efficiency and stability.
ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.201901197