Mild Synthesis of Diboryldiborenes by Diboration of B-B Triple Bonds

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2019 Sep 7

PMID 31489159

Citations 6

Authors

Tobias Bruckner

Rian D Dewhurst

Theresa Dellermann

Marcel Muller

Holger Braunschweig

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Abstract

A set of diboryldiborenes are prepared by the mild, catalyst-free, room-temperature diboration of the B-B triple bonds of doubly base-stabilized diborynes. Two of the product diboryldiborenes are found to be air- and water-stable in the solid state, an effect that is attributed to their high crystallinity and extreme insolubility in a wide range of solvents.

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