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Mechanochemical Mediated Coexistence of B←N Coordination and Hydrogen Bonding
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Mechanochemical Mediated Coexistence of B←N Coordination and Hydrogen Bonding

María Guadalupe Vasquez-Ríos, Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado and Leonard MacGillivray
Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), Vol.62(35), e202308350
08/28/2023
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308350
PMID: 37365138
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Abstract

Mechanochemistry afforded a photoactive cocrystal via coexisting (B)O-H⋅⋅⋅N hydrogen bonds and B←N coordination. Specifically, solvent-free mechanochemical ball mill grinding and liquid-assisted grinding of a boronic acid and an alkene resulted in mixtures of hydrogen-bonded and coordinated complexes akin to mixtures of noncovalent complexes that can be obtained in solution in equilibria processes. The alkenes of the hydrogen-bonded assembly undergo an intermolecular [2+2] photodimerization in quantitative conversion, effectively reporting the outcome of the self-assembly processes. Our results suggest that interplay involving noncovalent bonds subjected to mechanochemical conditions can lead to functional solids where, in the current case, the weaker hydrogen-bonded structure predominates.
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