Catalytic Generation of Borenium Ions by Cooperative B–H Bond Activation: The Elusive Direct Electrophilic Borylation of Nitrogen Heterocycles with Pinacolborane

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Abstract

The B-H bond of typical boranes is heterolytically split by the polar Ru-S bond of a tethered ruthenium(II) thiolate complex, affording a ruthenium(II) hydride and borenium ions with a dative interaction with the sulfur atom. These stable adducts were spectroscopically characterized, and in one case, the B-H bond activation step was crystallographically verified, a snapshot of the σ-bond metathesis. The borenium ions derived from 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane dimer [(9-BBN)2], pinacolborane (pinBH), and catecholborane (catBH) allowed for electrophilic aromatic substitution of indoles. The unprecedented electrophilic borylation with the pinB cation was further elaborated for various nitrogen heterocycles.

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