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Chemistry. 2015 Jun 01;21(23):8613-25. doi: 10.1002/chem.201500307. Epub 2015 Apr 29.

Intramolecular Communication in Anionic Oxidized Phosphanes through a Chelated Proton.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

A R Popescu, I Rojo, F Teixidor, R Sillanpää, C Viñas

Affiliations

  1. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Campus U.A.B., 08193 Bellaterra (Spain), Fax: (+34)?93-580-57-29.
  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, 40014, Jyväskylä (Finland).
  3. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Campus U.A.B., 08193 Bellaterra (Spain), Fax: (+34)?93-580-57-29. [email protected].

PMID: 25926362 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500307

Abstract

Oxidation of the 1,2-(PR2 )2 -1,2-closo-C2 B10 H10 (R=Ph, iPr) platform with hydrogen peroxide in acetone is a two-step procedure in which partial deboronation of the closo cluster and oxidation of the phosphorus atoms occur. Based on NMR spectroscopic and kinetic data, we demonstrate that the phosphorus atoms are oxidized in the first step, followed by cluster deboronation. DFT calculations and natural-bond orbital (NBO) analysis were used to obtain insight into the electronic structures of diphosphane ortho-carborane derivatives.

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: carboranes; carboranylphosphanes; hydrogen bonds; oxidation; phosphorus

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