Isolation of an intermediate in the insertion of a carbodiimide into a boron-aryl bond

Nicholas J. Hill, Jennifer A. Moore, Michael Findlater, Alan H. Cowley

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Abstract

A 1 : 1 Lewis acid-base complex between CyN=C=NCy and PhBCl2 has been isolated and structurally characterized, heating of which in refluxing toluene results in the amidinate, [PhC{NCy}2]BCl2; the overall reaction has been modeled by DFT calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5462-5464
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 21 2005

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