title: Convenient access to the tricyanoborate dianion B(CN)₃²⁻ and selected reactions as a boron-centred nucleophile.
abstract: Alkali metal tricyanoborates M2B(CN)3 (M = Na, K) are accessible by the reaction of tricyanofluoroborates with alkali metals (i) in liquid NH3 or (ii) in THF-naphthalene. The M2B(CN)3 are versatile starting materials for the synthesis of K[RB(CN)3] (R = Et, C6F5, CH2=CHCH2).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. maik.finze@uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landmann
authors.forename: Jan A P
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sprenger
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertermann
authors.forename: Nikolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ignat'ev
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bernhardt-Pitchougina
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Willner
authors.forename: Maik
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finze
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry*; D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008672:Metals, Alkali / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D001881:Borates; D001896:Boron Compounds; D003486:Cyanides; D008672:Metals, Alkali; D001895:Boron