Cleaving Dihydrogen with Tetra(o-tolyl)diborane(4).
Tetra(o-tolyl)diborane(4), 1, was synthesized and characterized experimentally as well as theoretically by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Exposure of 1 to H2(1 bar) at room temperature afforded the corresponding di(o-tolyl)hydroborane through cleavage of the H-H and B-B bonds. DFT calculations suggested a diarylboryl anion character for the transition state.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University , 1-13-27, Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, 112-8551 Tokyo, Japan.
Nana
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Tsukahara
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University , 1-13-27, Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, 112-8551 Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroki
H
Asakawa
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong.
Ka-Ho
0000-0002-8435-4986
KH
Lee
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong.
Zhenyang
0000-0003-4104-8767
Z
Lin
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603 Aichi, Japan.|Research Development Initiative, Chuo University , 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, 112-8551 Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto
0000-0002-3665-5311
M
Yamashita