TY - JOUR T1 - Dioxygen reactivity with a ferrocene-Lewis acid pairing: reduction to a boron peroxide in the presence of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. AU - Henthorn,Justin T, AU - Agapie,Theodor, Y1 - 2014/09/22/ PY - 2014/08/22/received PY - 2014/9/25/entrez PY - 2014/9/25/pubmed PY - 2014/9/25/medline KW - dioxygen reduction KW - ferrocene KW - peroxide KW - tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane SP - 12893 EP - 6 JF - Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) JO - Angew Chem Int Ed Engl VL - 53 IS - 47 N2 - Ferrocenes, which are typically air-stable outer-sphere single-electron transfer reagents, were found to react with dioxygen in the presence of B(C6 F5)3 , a Lewis acid unreactive to O2 , to generate bis(borane) peroxide. Although several Group 13 peroxides have been reported, boron-supported peroxides are rare, with no structurally characterized examples of the BO2 B moiety. The synthesis of a bis(borane)-supported peroxide anion and its structural and electrochemical characterization are described. SN - 1521-3773 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25250531/Dioxygen_reactivity_with_a_ferrocene_Lewis_acid_pairing:_reduction_to_a_boron_peroxide_in_the_presence_of_tris_pentafluorophenyl_borane_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -