Trigonal Phosphine Umpolung: Electrophilicity Driven by a Redox‐Active Boron Cluster
group. These reactions are accompanied by a two-electron reduction of the carborane cage and its conversion from a neutral closo- to a dianionic nido- structure, demonstrating that cluster-centered redox activity drives phosphorus-centered electrophilicity. The resulting nido-carboranyl phosphines exhibit enhanced nucleophilicity at the remaining phosphine arm, enabling subsequent trapping with alkyl halides, carbon disulfide, and electron-deficient fluoroarenes. These findings establish redox-active boron clusters as platforms for inducing umpolung and provide a new strategy for accessing ambiphilic reactivity at phosphorus.
Authors
- Dmitry V. Peryshkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-9502)
- Bryce C. Nussbaum
- Mark D Smith
Institutions
- University of South Carolina (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.71090
- Primary Topic
- Boron Compounds in Chemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation