Lewis acidic behavior of B(C6Cl5)3

Haiyan Zhao; Joseph H. Reibenspies; François P. Gabbaï

doi:10.1039/C2DT31482G

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Lewis acidic behavior of B(C₆Cl₅)₃†

Haiyan Zhao,^a Joseph H. Reibenspies^a and François P. Gabbaï*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
E-mail: gabbai@mail.chem.tamu.edu

Abstract

We report that B(C₆Cl₅)₃ is a potent Lewis acid which, despite the bulk of the pentachlorophenyl group, forms complexes with small anions, including fluoride, or organic Lewis bases, such as p-dimethylaminopyridine.

This article is part of the themed collection: Boranes and borohydrides

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2DT31482G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 05 Jun 2012
Accepted: 26 Jul 2012
First published: 13 Aug 2012

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Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 608-610

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Lewis acidic behavior of B(C₆Cl₅)₃

H. Zhao, J. H. Reibenspies and F. P. Gabbaï, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 608 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31482G

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