title: Dative Bonding between Group 13 Elements Using a Boron-Centered Lewis Base.
abstract: An electron-rich monovalent boron compound is used as a Lewis base to prepare adducts with Group 13 Lewis acids using both its boron and nitrogen sites. The hard Lewis acid AlCl3 binds through a nitrogen atom of the Lewis base, while softer Lewis acids GaX3 (Cl, Br, I) bind at the boron atom. The latter are the first noncluster Lewis adducts between a boron-centered Lewis base and a main-group Lewis acid.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/. h.braunschweig@uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/
authors.forename: Rian D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dewhurst
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, Sussex (UK).
authors.forename: Leanne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pentecost
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radacki
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, Sussex (UK).
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
keywords: Lewis adducts; alanes; boron; dative bonding; gallanes