Boron carbonyl complexes analogous to hydrocarbons

Abstract

Recent studies on boron carbonyl complexes show their intriguing structural and bonding properties, enriching our knowledge on main group coordination chemistry. The isolobal relationships between BCO and CH and the more generally applicable CO/H⁻ and B⁻/C analogies are employed to understand the structure and bonding of boron carbonyl complexes, bridging the boron carbonyl chemistry to the well-known hydrocarbon analogues.