title: Isolation of an intermediate in the insertion of a carbodiimide into a boron-aryl bond.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Findlater
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cowley