Electrochemical Generation of Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2021
I Sokolovs, N Mohebbati, R Francke, Edgars Sūna

In sharp contrast to hypervalent iodine(III) compounds, the isoelectronic bromine(III) counterparts have been little studied to date. This knowledge gap is mainly attributed to the difficult-to-control reactivity of λ3-bromanes as well as to their challenging preparation from the highly toxic and corrosive BrF3 precursor. In this context, we present a straightforward and scalable approach to chelation-stabilized λ3-bromanes by anodic oxidation of parent aryl bromides possessing two coordinating hexafluoro-2-hydroxypropanyl substituents. A series of para-substituted λ3-bromanes with remarkably high redox potentials spanning a range from 1.86 V to 2.60 V vs. Ag/AgNO3 was synthesized by the electrochemical method. We demonstrate that the intrinsic reactivity of the bench-stable bromine(III) species can be unlocked by addition of a Lewis or a Brønsted acid. The synthetic utility of the λ3-bromane activation is exemplified by oxidative C−C, C−N, and C−O bond forming reactions.


Keywords
anodic oxidation | cyclic voltammetry | electrochemistry | hypervalent bromine | oxidative coupling
DOI
10.1002/anie.202104677
Hyperlink
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202104677

Sokolovs, I., Mohebbati, N., Francke, R., Sūna, E. Electrochemical Generation of Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2021, Vol. 60, No. 29, pp.15832-15837. ISSN 1433-7851. e-ISSN 1521-3773. Available from: doi:10.1002/anie.202104677

Publication language
English (en)
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