Abstract
Herein we report a facile and selective synthetic route to monocyclic NHC-stabilized boriranes. We have succeeded in obtaining two highly stable new boriranes through salt elimination of NHC-stabilized dichloroboranes with the dianion of trans-stilbene, Na2[C14H12]. One borirane was observed to undergo reaction with [Pt(PEt3)3], in which the Pt(0) center oxidatively adds a backbone C-H bond of the NHC, leading to the isolation of the Pt(ii) complex trans-[(Et3P)2PtH{C=CH(NMe)2C·BPh(C14H12)}]. The remarkable inertness of the NHC-boriranes suggests a strong stabilising effect of quaternization of the boron atom.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1627-1630 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |