Towards macrocyclic frustrated Lewis pairs.
Jason YeungMatthias BeckerDouglas W StephanPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2022)
Macrocycles with and without B-N bonds were prepared from reaction of C 6 F 5 BH 2 ·SMe 2 or MesBH 2 with the 2,6-pyridinedimethanol derivatives. Both classes of macrocycle reacted with B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 but were unreactive to small molecules. These observations provide insights for the subsequent design of macrocyclic FLPs for multi-electron reactions.