Issue 27, 2016

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 sp2–sp3 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.

Graphical abstract: New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects override strong steric disincentives

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Feb 2016
Accepted
04 Mar 2016
First published
04 Mar 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4898-4901

New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects override strong steric disincentives

N. Arnold, H. Braunschweig, A. Damme, R. D. Dewhurst, L. Pentecost, K. Radacki, S. Stellwag-Konertz, T. Thiess, A. Trumpp and A. Vargas, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4898 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01493C

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