Isolation of an intermediate in the insertion of a carbodiimide into a boron-aryl bond.
A 1 : 1 Lewis acid-base complex between CyN=C=NCy and PhBCl2 has been isolated and structurally characterized, heating of which in refluxing toluene results in the amidinate, [PhC{NCy}2]BCl2; the overall reaction has been modeled by DFT calculations.
Hill
Nicholas J
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
Moore
Jennifer A
JA
Findlater
Michael
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Cowley
Alan H
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