Issue 38, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Cooperative Lewis acidity in borane-substituted fluorophosphonium cations†

Juri Möbus,‡a   Thorsten vom Stein‡a  and  Douglas W. Stephan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca

Abstract

A series of aryl-difluorophosphoranes are converted to give fluorophosphonium salts [Ph2PF(o-C6X4BR2)]+ (X = H, F; R = Cy, Mes). The proximity of the two weakly Lewis acidic fluorophosphonium and borane moieties results in enhanced Lewis acid catalytic reactivity.

Graphical abstract: Cooperative Lewis acidity in borane-substituted fluorophosphonium cations

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02607A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Mar 2016
Accepted
13 Apr 2016
First published
13 Apr 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 6387-6390

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Cooperative Lewis acidity in borane-substituted fluorophosphonium cations

J. Möbus, T. vom Stein and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 6387 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02607A

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