Issue 54, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations†

Liam D. Curless,a   Ewan R. Clark,a   Jessica Cid,a   Alessandro Del Grossoa  and  Michael J. Ingleson*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
E-mail: Michael.ingleson@manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

The addition of CO to [((R3N)BH2)2(μ-H)][B(C6F5)4] leads to formation of trimethylboroxine ((MeBO)3) and [(R3N)2BH2][B(C6F5)4]. When R = Et, [(Et3N)H2B(μ-O)B(CH3)NEt3][B(C6F5)4], is isolated and demonstrated to be an intermediate in the formation of (MeBO)3.

Graphical abstract: Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03504J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Apr 2015
Accepted
01 Jun 2015
First published
01 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 10903-10906

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Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations

L. D. Curless, E. R. Clark, J. Cid, A. Del Grosso and M. J. Ingleson, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 10903 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03504J

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