title: Beyond Dehydrocoupling: Group 2 Mediated Boron-Nitrogen Desilacoupling.
abstract: The alkaline-earth element bis(trimethylsilyl)amides, [Ae{N(SiMe3 )2 }2 (thf)2 ] [Ae=Mg, Ca, Sr], are effective precatalysts for boron-nitrogen bond formation through the desilacoupling of amines, RR'NH (R=alkyl, aryl; R'=H, alkyl, aryl), and pinBSiMe2 Ph. This reactivity also yields a stoichiometric quantity of Me2 PhSiH and provides the first example of a catalytic main-group element-element coupling that is not dependent on the concurrent elimination of H2 .
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Liptrot
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Merle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrowsmith
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Annie L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Colebatch
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Terrance J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hadlington
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK). msh27@bath.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kociok-Köhn
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Mary F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mahon
keywords: calcium; dehydrocoupling; desilacoupling; magnesium; strontium