4.36 Concept of a bifunctional mechanism for the ROP of lactide invol...Figure 4.37 Selected structures of ‘M1–O–M2’ heterobimetallic catalysts for ...Figure 4.38 Solid‐state molecular structure of 39 obtained by X‐ray diffract...Figure 4.39 Solid‐state molecular structure of 40 obtained by X‐ray diffract...Scheme 4.12 Synthesis of Ti monometallic and Ti/Zn heterobimetallic complexe...Figure 4.40 Solid‐state molecular structure of 41 obtained by X‐ray diffract...Scheme 4.13 Synthesis of Al/Zn heterobimetallic complex 42.Figure 4.41 Solid‐state molecular structure of 43 obtained by X‐ray diffract...Scheme 4.14 Synthesis of Ge/Li and Sn/Li heterobimetallic complexes 44 and 4...Figure 4.42 Structure of Cr/Al complex 46 and heterobimetallic catalysis str...Figure 4.43 Catalytic cycle for the CO2/epoxide copolymerization, including ...Figure 4.44 Computed potential energy surface of the first propagation cycle...Figure 4.45 Illustration (not to scale) of the potential energy surface for ...Figure 4.46 Chain shuttling mechanism.Figure 4.47 Solid‐state molecular structure of 47 obtained by X‐ray diffract...Scheme 4.15 Synthesis of RE/zinc heterometallic complexes by ligand redistri...Figure 4.48 Solid‐state molecular structure of La/Zn complex 48 obtained by ...Figure 4.49 Solid‐state molecular structure of Co/La complex 49 obtained by ...Scheme 4.16 Synthesis of heterobimetallic Zn/Mg complex 50.Figure 4.50 Heterobimetallic complexes supported by a macrocyclic diphenolat...Figure 4.51 Solid‐state molecular structure of Zn/In complex 51 obtained by ...Figure 4.52 ΔH‡ (solid squares, with errors ±1.3) and |ΔS‡| (open circ...5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Mononuclear borocations classified on the basis of coordination n...Figure 5.2 Summary of a few common synthetic strategies employed for cationi...Figure 5.3 Popular experimental and computational methods for the determinat...Scheme 5.1 Isodesmic reactions to calculate chloride, fluoride, and hydride ...Scheme 5.2 Two coordinate C‐bonded Mes2B+ borinium cation and its reaction w...Scheme 5.3 Reactivity behaviour of Mes2B+ borinium cation; with H2 and HSiEtScheme 5.4 Reactivity of [(i‐Pr2N)2B][B(C6F5)4] with unsaturated molecules....Scheme 5.5 Adduct formation between borocation 13 and Et3PO demonstrating th...Figure 5.4 Initial examples of NHC‐stabilized aryl‐ and alkyl‐borenium catio...Scheme 5.6 Synthesis of NHC‐stabilized borenium cations (top) and reactivity...Scheme 5.7 Generation of NHC‐stabilized iminioborenium cation via silylation...Scheme 5.8 Dehydrogenative cationic borylation of NHC‐BH3 adduct and generat...Figure 5.5 NHC‐ and CAAC‐stabilized dibenzo[b,f]borepinium (n = 2) and 9‐bor...Scheme 5.9 General scheme for the synthesis of air stable π‐conjugated benzo...Figure 5.6 Structure of polycyclic diborenium ion 32[NTf2]2 and its solid‐st...Figure 5.7 NHSi–borenium cation and canonical structures of silylene support...Scheme 5.10 Ylide‐stabilized borenium cation.Figure 5.8 Structure of phosphine‐stabilized borenium cation 36, the counter...Scheme 5.11 Phosphine‐stabilized borenium cation and its reactivity with amm...Figure 5.9 Structurally characterized bis(phosphinimino)amide‐stabilized bor...Scheme 5.12 Synthesis of bis(phosphinimino)amide supported borenium cations....Scheme 5.13 A series of borocations stabilized by tunable diazadienes.Figure 5.10 Single‐crystal X‐ray structure of (a) [BrHB(dcpe)]Br, (b) [H2B(t...Figure 5.11 Examples of boronium cations.Figure 5.12 Bisphosphine‐stabilized boronium cation 52[BF4] and its phosphon...Scheme 5.14 Amidinato silylene‐stabilized borenium cations.Figure 5.13 Examples of a few selected organoaluminium cations.Scheme 5.15 A few common synthetic methods to generate cationic aluminium sp...Scheme 5.16 Two coordinated organoaluminium and gallium cations.Figure 5.14 Molecular structures of (car)borane‐complexed aluminium cations ...Scheme 5.17 Tetracoordinated aluminium cations and reactivity with Lewis bas...Figure 5.15 Zwitterionic “Meisenheimer type” pentacoordinated aluminium comp...Scheme 5.18 THF adduct of bis(allyl)‐substituted aluminium cations.Scheme 5.19 NHC‐stabilized dimeric aluminium dication 67 and monomeric alumi...Scheme 5.20 Cationic aluminium hydride complexes stabilized by NHC via norma...Scheme 5.21 Selected example of NHC coordinated alkyl aluminium cations.Scheme 5.22 Cationic alkylaluminium complexes stabilized by redox active non...Figure 5.16 Examples of aluminium cations supported by N,N'‐chelating li...Figure 5.17 Molecular structure of organoaluminium cation 86[MeB(C6F5)3]....Scheme 5.23 Synthesis of a π‐electron‐donating ligand‐stabilized cationic al...Figure 5.18 Examples of a few selected miscellaneous aluminium cations.Figure 5.19 A few selected structurally characterized gallium and indium cat...Scheme 5.24 Nitrile adduct of NHC‐stabilized gallium chloride cations.Scheme 5.25 An NHC‐stabilized cationic indium complex.Figure 5.20 [N,N',O]‐coordinated indium cations.Scheme 5.26 Cationic indium complexes supported by salen ligand.Figure 5.21 Structure of the cation in [Ga(PPh3)3]+[Al{OC(CF3)3}4]−·1....Figure 5.22 Examples of indium(I) cations.Figure 5.23 Examples of Tl(I) cations.Scheme 5.27 Generalized scheme for hydroboration reaction with active borane...Figure 5.24 Reaction pathway for hydroboration of alkyne.Scheme 5.28 Hydroboration of pyridines catalyzed by NH4BPh4.Figure 5.25 Proposed reaction pathway for regioselective 1,4‐hydroboration o...Scheme 5.29 Hydrosilylation and deoxygenation of ketones catalyzed by 13[B(CScheme 5.30 Hydrosilylation of carbonyl with HSiEt3 catalyzed by borenium ca...Figure 5.26 Proposed catalytic cycle for hydrosilylation of benzaldehyde cat...Scheme 5.31 Borenium cation mediated activation of H2 in the presence of ext...Figure 5.27 Proposed hydrogenation pathway for carbene‐stabilized borenium i...Scheme 5.32 Assorted mesoionic carbene‐stabilized borenium cations as cataly...Figure 5.28 Chiral carbenes (112 and 113), borenium cations (115–116),...Figure 5.29 Chiral borane adducts as precursors for borenium catalysts for h...Scheme 5.33 Aluminium cation‐catalyzed hydroboration of carbonyls.Scheme 5.34 Proposed mechanism for cationic aluminium species‐catalyzed hydr...Scheme 5.35 Selective hydroboration of ketones catalyzed by complex 65a.Scheme 5.36 Selective hydroboration of alkynes catalyzed by complex 65a.Scheme 5.37 Pentacoordinated aluminium cation‐catalyzed cyanosilylation of c...Scheme 5.38 Organoaluminium cation‐catalyzed cyanosilylation of carbonyls.Scheme 5.39 Hydrosilylation of carbonyls and imines catalyzed by complex 95[...Scheme 5.40 Hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by aluminium hy...Figure 5.30 Plausible mechanisms for the hydrosilylation of alkene catalyzed...Scheme 5.41 Hydrosilylation of ketones catalyzed by a cationic aluminium com...Figure 5.31 Proposed mechanism for the Tischenko reaction catalyzed by an al...Scheme 5.42 Hydroamination of (top) primary and (bottom) secondary amino alk...Figure 5.32 Coordination–insertion mechanism proposed for the ROP of ε‐capro...Scheme 5.43 C–C bond formation through activation of alcohols by cationic ga...Scheme 5.44 Olefin epoxidation catalyzed by cationic gallium and aluminium c...Scheme 5.45 Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of alkenes.Scheme 5.46 Hydroarylation reactions catalyzed by cationic gallium and indiu...Scheme 5.47 Trimolecular hydroarylation of alkynes catalyzed by a Ga(I) comp...Figure 5.33 Cationic gallium‐catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes followed by...Scheme 5.48 Cycloisomerization of enyne.Scheme 5.49 Tandem carbonyl‐olefin metathesis catalyzed by a cationic galliu...Scheme 5.50 Synthesis of spiro‐ortho esters (SOEs).Scheme 5.51 ROP of epoxide catalyzed by a cationic indium complex.Scheme 5.52 A variety of cationic indium complexes utilized for the ROP of a...Figure 5.34 Cationic indium complexes for polymerization of lactide/ε‐caprol...
6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Lithium amide complexes incorporating (−)‐sparteine or (+)‐sparte...Figure 6.2 Lithium enolate 9 and the more complex head‐to‐head aggregated he...Scheme 6.1 Diasteromeric resolution in camphor‐derived spirocycle 112′Figure 6.3 Recently studied Evans‐type propionate enolates.Scheme 6.2 Evans enolate 12 Bn,Me has demonstrated variable agglomeration be...Figure 6.4 Illustrative solvent‐dependent complexation of amino alkoxide 13 ...Figure 6.5 Recently studied products of Weinreb amide enolization.Scheme 6.3 Solvent replacement in 164(THF)4
