Reactions of iodine-nitrene reagents with boranes

Abstract

Reactions of the boranes (C₆F₅)₂BR (R = C₆F₅, Ph, H) with the nitrene-iodine reagents XC₆H₄SO₂NIPh, X = Me, Cl and MeSO₂NIPh effect the insertion of nitrene into the B–C and B–H bonds affording the species (C₆F₅)₂BN(SO₂C₆H₄X)R (X = Me, R = C₆F₅1, Ph 3, H, 4, X = Cl, 5, X = NO₂, 7) and (C₆F₅)₂BN(SO₂Me)H 6).