Arrowsmith, Merle, Mattock, James D, Böhnke, Julian, Krummenacher, Ivo, Vargas, Alfredo and Braunschweig, Holger (2018) Direct access to a cAAC-supported dihydrodiborene and its dianion. Chemical Communications, 54 (37). pp. 4669-4672. ISSN 1359-7345

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Abstract

The two-fold reduction of (cAAC)BHX2 (cAAC = 1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-2-ylidene); X = Cl, Br) provides a facile, high-yielding route to the dihydrodiborene (cAAC)2B2H2. The (chloro)hydroboryl anion reduction intermediate was successfully isolated using a crown ether. Overreduction of the diborene to its dianion [(cAAC)2B2H2]2– causes a decrease in the B-B bond order whereas the B-C bond orders increase.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Chemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Depositing User:	Alfredo Vargas
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2018 10:13
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2019 09:40
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/74404

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