Issue 15, 2018

XBphos-Rh: a halogen-bond assembled supramolecular catalyst

Abstract

The use of halogen bonding as a tool to construct a catalyst backbone is reported. Specifically, pyridyl- and iodotetrafluoroaryl-substituted phosphines were assembled in the presence of a rhodium(I) precursor to form the corresponding halogen-bonded complex XBphos-Rh. The presence of fluorine substituents at the iodo-containing supramolecular motif was not necessary for halogen bonding to occur due to the template effect exerted by the rhodium center during formation of the halogen-bonded complex. The halogen-bonded supramolecular complexes were successfully tested in the catalytic hydroboration of terminal alkynes.

Graphical abstract: XBphos-Rh: a halogen-bond assembled supramolecular catalyst

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
15 1 2018
Accepted
17 2 2018
First published
19 2 2018
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 3644-3648

XBphos-Rh: a halogen-bond assembled supramolecular catalyst

L. Carreras, M. Serrano-Torné, P. W. N. M. van Leeuwen and A. Vidal-Ferran, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 3644 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00233A

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