Synthesis and characterization of a coordinated oxoborane: Lewis acid stabilization of a boron-oxygen double bond.
The first example of a stable oxoborane monomer (LB=O) stabilized by complexation to AlCl3 has been prepared by the reaction of LAlCl2 with BCl3 followed by treatment with H2O in CH2Cl2 (L = [HC(CMe)2(NC6F5)2]). DFT calculations reveal that considerable boron-oxygen double bond character is retained in this complex.
Vidovic
Dragoslav
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712-0165, USA.
Moore
Jennifer A
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Jones
Jamie N
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Cowley
Alan H
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