Acridine-based copper(i) PNP pincer complexes: catalysts for alkyne hydroboration and borylation of aryl halides†
Abstract
PNP pincers represent some of the most well-studied ligand systems in coordination chemistry owing to their high thermal and chemical stability, and the predictable metal coordination geometries of associated metal complexes. Examples of first-row transition metal complexes bearing acridine-based PNP pincer ligands are extremely rare. This study reports the preparation and structural authentication of acridine-based copper(I) PNP complexes, which reveal the profound effects that the steric bulk of methylene-tethered P-substituents has on metal centre coordination number and geometry. The capacity of these systems to mediate copper-catalysed alkyne hydroboration and the borylation of aryl halides is also investigated.
- This article is part of the themed collection: New Talent: Asia Pacific
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