• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Calix[4]pyrrolato Aluminate Catalyzes the Dehydrocoupling of Phenylphosphine Borane to High Molar Weight Polymers
  • Beteiligte: Schön, Florian; Sigmund, Lukas M.; Schneider, Friederike; Hartmann, Deborah; Wiebe, Matthew A.; Manners, Ian; Greb, Lutz
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2022
  • Erschienen in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61 (2022) 22
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202176
  • ISSN: 1433-7851; 1521-3773
  • Schlagwörter: General Chemistry ; Catalysis
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>High molar weight polyphosphinoboranes represent materials with auspicious properties, but their preparation requires transition metal‐based catalysts. Here, calix[4]pyrrolato aluminate is shown to induce the dehydropolymerization of phosphine boranes to high molar mass polyphosphinoboranes (up to <jats:italic>M</jats:italic><jats:sub>n</jats:sub>=43 000 Da). Combined GPC and <jats:sup>31</jats:sup>P DOSY NMR spectroscopic analyses, quantum chemical computations, and stoichiometric reactions disclose a P−H bond activation by the cooperative action of the square‐planar aluminate and the electron‐rich ligand framework. This first transition metal‐free catalyst for P−B dehydrocoupling overcomes the problem of residual <jats:italic>d</jats:italic>‐block metal impurities in the resulting polymers that might interfere with the reproducibility of the properties for this emerging class of inorganic materials.</jats:p>