Azide ion recognition in water–CHCl3 using a chelating phosphonium borane as a receptor

Youngmin Kim; Todd W. Hudnall; Ghenwa Bouhadir; Didier Bourissou; François P. Gabbaï

doi:10.1039/B905232A

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Azide ion recognition in water–CHCl₃ using a chelating phosphonium borane as a receptor†

Youngmin Kim,^a Todd W. Hudnall,^a Ghenwa Bouhadir,^b Didier Bourissou*^b and François P. Gabbaï*^a

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^b University of Toulouse, UPS, LHFA, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France. CNRS, LHFA UMR 5069, F-31062 Toulouse, France

Abstract

In H₂O–CHCl₃, the phosphonium borane [ortho-(Mes₂B)C₆H₄(PMePh₂)]⁺ selectively complexes azide anions to afford ortho-(Mes₂(N₃)B)C₆H₄(PMePh₂) in which the boron-bound azide anion is stabilized by an interaction with the adjacent phosphorus atom.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B905232A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 16 Mar 2009
Accepted: 06 May 2009
First published: 27 May 2009

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Chem. Commun., 2009, 3729-3731

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Azide ion recognition in water–CHCl₃ using a chelating phosphonium borane as a receptor

Y. Kim, T. W. Hudnall, G. Bouhadir, D. Bourissou and F. P. Gabbaï, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3729 DOI: 10.1039/B905232A

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