Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Advanced Engineering and Science Hiroshima University 1-3-1 Kagamiyama Higashi Hiroshima 739-8526 Japan
2. Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
Abstract
AbstractThe formation of Lewis pairs is an important chemical concept. Recently, the complexation of Lewis acidic tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane with Lewis basic moieties and subsequent reduction has emerged as a fascinating strategy for designing novel reactions and structures. The impact of the complexation and subsequent reduction of antiaromatic systems bearing Lewis base moieties has been investigated. We found how Lewis adduct formation stabilizes an antiaromatic system consisting of 9,10‐dicyanoanthracene and tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane by using synthesis, X‐ray crystallography, spectroscopic analysis, and quantum chemical calculations.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Subject
General Chemistry,Catalysis,Organic Chemistry