Magnesium borohydride confined in a metal-organic framework: a preorganized system for facile arene hydroboration.
In close quarters: When confined in a metal-organic framework, magnesium borohydride reacts with arenes by a hydroboration pathway (see scheme), in contrast to its reactivity under analogous homogeneous solution-phase conditions. Framework-imposed organization of the reactive groups is required, which is achieved by a combination of the metal coordination and two hydrogen bonds.
Ingleson
Michael J
MJ
Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Barrio
Jorge Perez
JP
Bacsa
John
J
Steiner
Alexander
A
Darling
George R
GR
Jones
James T A
JT
Khimyak
Yaroslav Z
YZ
Rosseinsky
Matthew J
MJ