Scope and mechanism of nitrile dihydroboration mediated by a β-diketiminate manganese hydride catalyst?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2020-03-02 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09921B

Abstract

The manganese hydride dimer, [(2,6-iPr2PhBDI)Mn(μ-H)]2, was found to mediate nitrile dihydroboration, rendering it the first manganese catalyst for this transformation. Stoichiometric experiments revealed that benzonitrile insertion affords [(2,6-iPr2PhBDI)Mn(μ-NCHC6H5)]2 en route to N,N-diborylamine formation. Density functional theory calculations reveal the precise mechanism and demonstrate that catalysis is promoted by monomeric species.

Graphical abstract: Scope and mechanism of nitrile dihydroboration mediated by a β-diketiminate manganese hydride catalyst
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