Aggregation Behavior of a Six‐Membered Cyclic Frustrated Phosphane/Borane Lewis Pair: Formation of a Supramolecular Cyclooctameric Macrocyclic Ring System

A new frustration: A six‐membered cyclic frustrated phosphane/borane Lewis pair forms a macrocyclic cyclooctameric structure in the crystal and in solution at low temperature. The supramolecular frustrated Lewis pair assembly has an inner diameter of about 12 to 13 Å.

Abstract

A new six‐membered cyclic frustrated phosphane/borane Lewis pair was liberated from its HB(C₆F₅)₂ adduct by treatment with vinylcyclohexane. The system is an active frustrated Lewis pair that undergoes cycloaddition reactions with suitable π reagents and it splits dihydrogen. At room temperature in solution the new compound is a monomer, however, in the crystal and in solution at low temperature it aggregates to a thermodynamically favoured supramolecular macrocyclic cyclooctamer.

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