title: Borane-substituted imidazol-2-ylidenes: syntheses in vacuo.
abstract: The serendipitous discovery of an efficient reactive distillation is reported. Two borane-substituted imidazol-2-ylidenes have been prepared in high yield from precursor tetrafluoroborate derived room temperature ionic liquids by reactive distillation at T > 500 K and p < 1 × 10(-4) mbar.
authors.affiliation: The University of Nottingham, University Park, UK.
authors.forename: Alasdair W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Kevin R J
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lovelock
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Licence
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D048289:Imidazolidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D048289:Imidazolidines; D052578:Ionic Liquids