scholarly journals Boron-Based Lewis Acid Catalysis: Challenges and Perspectives

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Valeria Nori ◽  
Fabio Pesciaioli ◽  
Arianna Sinibaldi ◽  
Giuliana Giorgianni ◽  
Armando Carlone

In the last two decades, boron-based catalysis has been gaining increasing traction in the field of organic synthesis. The use of halogenated triarylboranes as main group Lewis acid catalysts is an attractive strategy. It has been applied in a growing number of transformations over the years, where they may perform comparably or even better than the gold standard catalysts. This review discusses methods of borane synthesis and cutting-edge boron-based Lewis acid catalysis, focusing especially on tris(pentafluorophenyl)-borane [B(C6F5)3], and other halogenated triarylboranes, highlighting how boron Lewis acids employed as catalysts can unlock a plethora of unprecedented chemical transformations or improve the efficiency of existing reactions.

2002 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiji Maruoka

The chemistry of bidentate Lewis acids belongs to an unexplored field of science, and so far has been only poorly studied. This paper illustrates the design of several bidentate Al and Ti Lewis acids, and their successful application to selective organic synthesis, particularly to asymmetric synthesis. For example, a new, chiral bidentate Ti(IV) complex is successfully designed by adding commercially available Ti(OPri)4 and (S)-binaphthol sequentially to 2,2'-bis(tritylamino)-4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone in CH2Cl2, and can be utilized for simultaneous coordination to aldehyde carbonyls, thereby allowing the precise enantioface discrimination of such carbonyls for a new catalytic, practical enantioselective allylation of aldehydes with allyltributyltin. This chiral bidentate Ti(IV) catalyst exhibits uniformly high asymmetric induction as well as high chemical yields for various aldehydes. The present enantioselective allylation is highly chemoselective in the presence of other carbonyl moieties.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
pp. 3993-3996 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. M. Lyons ◽  
R. D. Crocker ◽  
D. Enders ◽  
T. V. Nguyen

Tropylium salts were reported as organic-Lewis acids to efficiently catalyze acetalization reactions in batch and flow.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 662-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Fasano ◽  
J. H. W. LaFortune ◽  
J. M. Bayne ◽  
M. J. Ingleson ◽  
D. W. Stephan

Electrophilic phosphonium cations (EPCs) containing a –CF3 group are stable to air, water, alcohol and strong Brønsted acid and function as Lewis acid catalysts without requiring anhydrous reaction conditions.


2000 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 1373-1380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shū Kobayashi ◽  
Kei Manabe

New types of Lewis acids as water-stable catalysts have been developed. Metal salts such as rare earth metal triflates can be used in carbon_carbon bond-forming reactions in aqueous media. These salts can be recovered after the reactions and reused. Furthermore, Lewis acid_surfactant-combined catalysts, which can be used for reactions in water without using any organic solvents, have been also developed. Finally, Lewis acid catalysis in supercritical carbon dioxide has been successfully performed. These investigations will contribute to development of environmentally friendly Lewis acid catalysis.


ChemInform ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kobayashi ◽  
Y. Mori ◽  
Y. Yamashita

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (47) ◽  
pp. 12604-12615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaquan Fang ◽  
Martin Oestreich

The combination of boron Lewis acid catalysts and hydride sources enables the cleavage of various carbon–heteroatom bonds.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (23) ◽  
pp. 8478-8487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Lei ◽  
Lingteng Peng ◽  
Renhua Qiu ◽  
Yongping Liu ◽  
Yi Chen ◽  
...  

A series of organoantimony(iii) halide complexes with a tetrahydrodibenzo[c,f][1,5]azastibocine framework were synthesized and employed as water tolerant Lewis acid catalysts.


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