title: Reactivity of Stabilized Li/Cl Carbenoids towards Lewis Base Adducts of BH3: B-H Bond Activation versus Carbene Dimerization.
abstract: B-H bond activation: Depending on the stability of the borane adduct, Li/Cl carbenoids react with BH3⋅LB either under B-H bond activation at the carbenic carbon center or under carbene dimerization. The B-H bond activation proceeds in a stepwise fashion with the nucleophilic attack of the Li/Cl carbenoid at BH3⋅LB as the crucial step determining the course of the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany).
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molitor
authors.forename: Viktoria H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Gessner
keywords: bond activation; boranes; carbenoids; density functional calculations; lithium