title: Confirmation of an early postulate: B-C-B two-electron-three-center bonding in organo(hydro)boranes.
abstract: Finally, boron did it too: The first example of a dimeric organyl(hydro)borane with a B-B-bridging aryl ring has been elucidated (see picture; B green/blue, C black/gray). It features a B-C-B two-electron-three-center bond and a largely unperturbed aromatic π-electron system.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diefenbach
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolte
authors.forename: Hans-Wolfram
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Max C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Holthausen
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner