Trinuclear Borane (BH)-Mediated Selective C4-H Alkylation and Phosphonation of Quinolines and Tetrahydroquinolines.

Herein, we report a method for the regioselective alkylation and phosphonation of quinoline C4-H via a BH-mediated nucleophilic addition of Turbo Grignard reagents and phosphine oxide anions to quinolines bearing different substituents, affording the 4-alkyl and 4-phosphoryl quinolines and tetrahydroquinolines after one-pot oxidation or reduction. The results indicate that coordination of the BH group can activate substrates toward a potential 1,4-dearomative addition and subtly control the regioselectivity by preventing the 1,2-dearomative addition.

Triborane (BH)-mediated regioselective substitution reactions of pyridine derivatives.

There exists an interplay between borane and a Lewis base in their adducts. However, studies on these adducts so far have mainly focused on the different reactions of B-H bonds with limited attention given to the influence of borane on the chemistry of the Lewis base, except for BF and BAr. Herein, we have synthesized novel borane adducts with pyridine derivatives, Py·BH, in which the coordination of BH efficiently achieved the intra-molecular charge transfer.

Sodium Octahydridotriborate as a Solid Electrolyte with Excellent Stability Against Sodium-Metal Anode.

Solid-state sodium metal batteries have been extensively investigated because of their potential to improve safety, cost-effectiveness, and energy density. The development of such batteries urgently required a solid-state electrolyte with fast Na-ion conduction and favorable interfacial compatibility. Herein, the progress on developing the NaBH solid-state electrolytes is reported, which show a liquid-like ionic conductivity of 0.

Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Coordinated Aminoborane Complexes.

Recent research has attracted considerable attention toward N-heterocyclic carbene-coordinated boranes (NHC-borane) and their B-substituted derivatives because of their unique characteristics. In the present work, we focused on the syntheses, structures, and reactivities of such types of amine complexes, [NHC·BHNH]X ((NHC = IPr (1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) and IMe (1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene); X = Cl, I, OTf). We have developed a synthetic method to access NHC·BHNH through the reaction of NaH with [IPr·BHNH]I, which was synthesized by the reaction of IPr·BHI with NH.