title: New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects override strong steric disincentives.
abstract: Two surprising new outcomes of the reaction of Lewis bases with dihalodiboranes(4) are presented, including sp(2)-sp(3) diboranes in which the Lewis base unit is bound to a highly sterically congested boron atom, and a rearranged double base adduct. The results provide a fuller understanding of the reactivity of diboranes, a poorly-understood class of molecule of critical importance to synthetic organic chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. h.braunschweig@uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Nicole
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authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Holger
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authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: Alexander
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authors.lastname: Damme
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authors.lastname: Dewhurst
authors.forename: Leanne
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authors.lastname: Pentecost
authors.forename: Krzysztof
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authors.lastname: Radacki
authors.forename: Sascha
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authors.lastname: Stellwag-Konertz
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authors.lastname: Thiess
authors.forename: Alexandra
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authors.lastname: Trumpp
authors.forename: Alfredo
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