Flash Communication: Synthesis and Reactivity of a Zinc-Bpin Species

Gan Xu; Mingyu Qu; Zhenpin Lu

doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00384

Flash Communication: Synthesis and Reactivity of a Zinc-Bpin Species

Gan Xu
, Mingyu Qu
, Zhenpin Lu^*

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Department of Chemistry

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In this work, we report the synthesis of a Nacnac^Dipp-ligated zinc-Bpin species, compound 3, which was characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, NMR, and HRMS spectra. Similar to previously reported zinc-Bcat species, it can also act as a Bpin– nucleophile toward MeI, yielding MeBpin. Furthermore, it can react with phenyl azide to produce an imide species, which can be interpreted as the result of phenylnitrene insertion into the Zn–B bond. © 2025 American Chemical Society

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2838-2841
Journal	Organometallics
Volume	44
Issue number	24
Online published	2 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00384
Publication status	Published - 22 Dec 2025

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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No 22301253), the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (Project Nos. CityU 11306523 and 11303425), and the General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2514050001178).

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