We report that B(C6Cl5)3 is a potent Lewis acid which, despite the bulk of the pentachlorophenyl group, forms complexes with small anions, including fluoride, or organic Lewis bases, such as p-dimethylaminopyridine.
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Lewis acidic behavior of B(C6Cl5)3
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Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
E-mail: gabbai@mail.chem.tamu.edu
E-mail: gabbai@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 608-610
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31482G
Received 05 Jun 2012, Accepted 26 Jul 2012
First published online 13 Aug 2012
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