Issue 17, 2019

A phenalenyl-based nickel catalyst for the hydroboration of olefins under ambient conditions

Abstract

In this report, nickel-catalyzed hydroboration of vinylarenes and aliphatic alkenes is investigated. The non-innocent phenalenyl ligand moiety in the nickel complex Ni(PLY)2(THF)2 (1) was utilized as an electron reservoir for the selective hydroboration reaction in the presence of pinacolborane under ambient conditions. The mechanistic investigations revealed that the alkene hydroboration reaction takes place through a single electron transfer (SET) from the phenalenyl ligand backbone leading to the cleavage of the B–H bond.

Graphical abstract: A phenalenyl-based nickel catalyst for the hydroboration of olefins under ambient conditions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 yan 2019
Accepted
26 mar 2019
First published
27 mar 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 5779-5784

A phenalenyl-based nickel catalyst for the hydroboration of olefins under ambient conditions

G. Vijaykumar, M. Bhunia and S. K. Mandal, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 5779 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00468H

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