Synthesis 2019; 51(02): 399-406
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610849
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Catalytic Si/B Exchange Condensation: A Green B–C Coupling Method That Provides Access to Monodisperse (Het)arylborane ‘Trimers’

Lars Fritze
,
Nicolas A. Riensch
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Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany   eMail: holger.helten@ac.rwth-aachen.de
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Financial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the Emmy Noether Programme HE 6171/3-1 and the Heisenberg Programme HE 6171/7-1 is gratefully acknowledged. The authors appreciate networking contribution by the COST Action CM1302 ‘European Network on Smart Inorganic Polymers (SIPs)’.
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 15. September 2018

Accepted after revision: 17. Oktober 2018

Publikationsdatum:
03. Dezember 2018 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Rainer Streubel on the occasion of his 60th birthday

Abstract

The potential of our metal-free B–C coupling method using catalytic Si/B exchange condensation is demonstrated by the synthesis of a series of monodisperse (het)arylborane oligomers with four (het)arene moieties and three boron centers (i.e., ‘trimers’). Photophysical and electrochemical investigations evidenced effective π-conjugation over the (het)arene rings and the boron centers.

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