Volume 57, Issue 48 pp. 15896-15901
Communication

Construction of Linear and Branched Tetraboranes by 1,1- and 1,2-Diboration of Diborenes

Dr. Tom E. Stennett

Dr. Tom E. Stennett

Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

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Dr. Rüdiger Bertermann

Dr. Rüdiger Bertermann

Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

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Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig

Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

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First published: 02 October 2018
Citations: 33

Graphical Abstract

Connect bor: Sterically unencumbered diborenes based on a benzylphosphine chelate undergo diboration reactions with bis(catecholato)diboron in the absence of a catalyst to yield tetraboranes.

Abstract

Sterically unencumbered diborenes based on a benzylphosphine chelate undergo diboration reactions with bis(catecholato)diboron in the absence of a catalyst to yield tetraboranes. The symmetrical diborenes studied undergo 1,2-diborations, whereas an unsymmetrical derivative was found to yield a triborylborane–phosphine adduct as the result of a formal 1,1-diboration. A related borylborylene compound also underwent a 1,2-diboration to produce a borylene–borane adduct.

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