Generation of cationic two-coordinate group-13 ligand systems by spontaneous halide ejection: remarkably nucleophile-resistant (dimethylamino)borylene complexes.
Spontaneous ejection of chloride from a three-coordinate boron Lewis acid can be effected by employing very electron rich metal substituents and leads to the formation of a sterically unprotected terminal (dimethylamino)borylene complex that has a short metal-boron bond and remarkable resistance to attack by nucleophilic and protic reagents.
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK.
David A
DA
Addy
Glesni A
GA
Pierce
Dragoslav
D
Vidovic
Dibyendu
D
Mallick
Eluvathingal D
ED
Jemmis
Jose M
JM
Goicoechea
Simon
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Aldridge