title: Base-stabilized diborenes: selective generation and η2 side-on coordination to silver(I).
abstract: (B)olefin complexes: Reductive coupling of designed monoborane precursors (see scheme; Dur=2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl) gives convenient access to N-heterocyclic carbene stabilized diborenes. The presence of B-B multiple bonds in the dark red diborenes is shown experimentally and theoretically. Reaction with AgCl afforded a Ag(I) species with an unprecedented, olefin-like η(2) coordination mode.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bissinger
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Damme
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kupfer
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas