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Espinosa-Jalapa, Noel Angel ; Kümper, Manuel ; Bauer, Jonathan O.

CO2 Unlocks Reactivity: Boryl Silyl Ketene Acetals Enable Mild and Direct C═C Bond Cleavage

Espinosa-Jalapa, Noel Angel, Kümper, Manuel and Bauer, Jonathan O. (2025) CO2 Unlocks Reactivity: Boryl Silyl Ketene Acetals Enable Mild and Direct C═C Bond Cleavage. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (51), pp. 47573-47583.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 20 Jan 2026 16:43
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78483


Abstract

Boron–ligand cooperation (BLC) has emerged as a powerful principle of bond activation with main-group elements, yet pyridine-based systems have so far eluded experimental evidence of CO2 activation. We show here that four-membered pyridyl–boracycles activate CO2 through a dearomatizing boron–carbon bond cleavage, unambiguously proceeding by a BLC rather than a B/N-FLP-type mechanism, as confirmed ...

Boron–ligand cooperation (BLC) has emerged as a powerful principle of bond activation with main-group elements, yet pyridine-based systems have so far eluded experimental evidence of CO2 activation. We show here that four-membered pyridyl–boracycles activate CO2 through a dearomatizing boron–carbon bond cleavage, unambiguously proceeding by a BLC rather than a B/N-FLP-type mechanism, as confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) studies, in contrast to previously predicted computational pathways. This process furnishes boryl silyl ketene acetals, a hitherto unknown class of enolate equivalents in which the two oxygen atoms are differentiated by boryl and silyl substituents. These intermediates exhibit remarkable follow-up reactivity, eventually leading to a mild, one-step C═C double-bond cleavage that delivers fulvene derivatives under additive-free conditions, thereby constituting an unprecedented form of metathesis. Overall, our findings establish boryl silyl ketene acetals derived from CO2 as a novel class of main-group systems that unlock a reactivity platform with far-reaching synthetic implications.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleJournal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher:American Chemical Society (ACS)
Open Access Type:ACS Hybrid
Volume:147
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:51
Page Range:pp. 47573-47583
Date15 December 2025
InstitutionsChemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Anorganische Chemie
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Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (426795949)
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10.1021/jacs.5c16770DOI
KeywordsFrustrated Lewis pairs; Hydrocarbons; Inorganic carbon compounds; Oxides; Reactivity
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-784839
Item ID78483

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