Azide ion recognition in water–CHCl3 using a chelating phosphonium borane as a receptor†
Youngmin Kim,Todd W. Hudnall,Ghenwa Bouhadir,Didier Bourissou,François P. Gabbaï
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 05/27/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B905232A
Abstract
In H2O–CHCl3, the phosphonium borane [ortho-(Mes2B)C6H4(PMePh2)]+ selectively complexes azide anions to afford ortho-(Mes2(N3)B)C6H4(PMePh2) in which the boron-bound azide anion is stabilized by an interaction with the adjacent phosphorus atom.
