Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations

Liam D. Curless; Ewan R. Clark; Jessica Cid; Alessandro Del Grosso; Michael J. Ingleson

doi:10.1039/c5cc03504j

Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations

Liam D. Curless, Ewan R. Clark, Jessica Cid, Alessandro Del Grosso, Michael J. Ingleson^*

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The addition of CO to [((R₃N)BH₂)₂(μ-H)][B(C₆F₅)₄] leads to formation of trimethylboroxine ((MeBO)₃) and [(R₃N)₂BH₂][B(C₆F₅)₄]. When R = Et, [(Et₃N)H₂B(μ-O)B(CH₃)NEt₃][B(C₆F₅)₄], is isolated and demonstrated to be an intermediate in the formation of (MeBO)₃.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10903-10906
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	51
Issue number	54
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc03504j
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2015

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