title: Synthesis of a guanidine NHC complex and its application in borylation reactions.
abstract: Synthesis of guanidine-linked NHC can be achieved easily through reacting amino-NHC with carbodiimide. Subsequently, guanidine-NHC Ag and Cu complexes were isolated and fully characterized. These Cu complexes are found to be versatile catalysts for hydroboration, semihydrogenation and carboboration of alkynes in a highly stereo- and regioselective fashion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. tgong@chem.sinica.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chia-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Ming-Shiuan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yi-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Hang
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Ting-Hua
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Glenn P A
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: Tiow-Gan
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ong