Bifunctional Silylene–Aminoborane Enables Cooperative Activation of Unsaturated Bonds and Access to Heteroatom‐Enriched Polycycle

Abstract We report the synthesis and cooperative reactivity of a bifunctional silylene–aminoborane compound, 1‐Ph‐2‐ t Bu‐1 H ‐2,1‐benzazaborolyl‐(amidinato)silylene ( 1 ), designed to preserve the ambiphilicity of both functional units while preventing intramolecular deactivation. 1 engages in unprecedented multicomponent activations of unsaturated bonds, including alkynes and phosphaalkynes, to construct novel main‐group element embedded polycyclic frameworks. Reaction with alkynes led to rare main‐group elements enriched semibullvalenes via highly regioselective [2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition. Notably, reaction with a phosphaalkyne induced a distinct S N Ar‐like B─C bond cleavage and formation of a B─N─Si─P‐embedded barrelene analogue. Structural and computational analyses revealed the synergistic multi‐site activation modes and reaction pathways.

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Angewandte Chemie
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2025-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202515808
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Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
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Abstract We report the synthesis and cooperative reactivity of a bifunctional silylene–aminoborane compound, 1‐Ph‐2‐ t Bu‐1 H ‐2,1‐benzazaborolyl‐(amidinato)silylene ( 1 ), designed to preserve the ambiphilicity of both functional units while preventing intramolecular deactivation. 1 engages in unprecedented multicomponent activations of unsaturated bonds, including alkynes and phosphaalkynes, to construct novel main‐group element embedded polycyclic frameworks. Reaction with alkynes led to rare main‐group elements enriched semibullvalenes via highly regioselective [2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition. Notably, reaction with a phosphaalkyne induced a distinct S N Ar‐like B─C bond cleavage and formation of a B─N─Si─P‐embedded barrelene analogue. Structural and computational analyses revealed the synergistic multi‐site activation modes and reaction pathways.

Angewandte ChemieVol. 137(45)
Tianjin Normal University (CN), Southern University of Science and Technology (CN), University of Göttingen (DE), Tsinghua University (CN)
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Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
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Bifunctional Silylene–Aminoborane Enables Cooperative Activation of Unsaturated Bonds and Access to Heteroatom‐Enriched Polycycle — Xixi Meng, Minyi Yuan, et al. · Angewandte Chemie (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS