title: Serendipitous Observation of AlIInsertion into a C-O Bond in L2PhB (L=Oxazol-2-ylidene).
abstract: Oxidative addition of the C-O bond in L2PhB: (L=oxazol-2-ylidene) to an AlIcenter induced ring expansion of an oxazol-2-ylidene ring, affording a unique organoboron species formally involving either an Al, N, O mixed heterocyclic carbene or anionic (amino)(boryl)carbene fragment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (CBC), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Nanyang Link 21, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Lingbing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: NTU-CBC Crystallography Facility, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.affiliation: NTU-CBC Crystallography Facility, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yongxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (CBC), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Nanyang Link 21, Singapore, 637371, Singapore. rkinjo@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kinjo
keywords: aluminum; carbenes; density functional calculations; oxidative addition; ring expansion