Weakly stabilized primary borenium cations and their dicationic dimers

Aleksandrs Prokofjevs; Jeff W Kampf; Andrey Solovyev; Dennis P Curran; Edwin Vedejs

doi:10.1021/ja407458k

Weakly stabilized primary borenium cations and their dicationic dimers

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Oct 23;135(42):15686-9. doi: 10.1021/ja407458k. Epub 2013 Oct 10.

Authors

Aleksandrs Prokofjevs¹, Jeff W Kampf, Andrey Solovyev, Dennis P Curran, Edwin Vedejs

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.

Abstract

Hydride abstraction from monocationic hydride bridged salts [H(H2B-L)2](+) [B(C6F5)4]¯ (L = Lewis base) generates an observable primary borenium cation for L = iPr2NEt, but with L = Me3N, Me2NPr, or several N-heterocyclic carbenes, highly reactive dicationic dimers are formed.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Boron Compounds / chemical synthesis
Boron Compounds / chemistry*
Cations / chemical synthesis
Cations / chemistry
Dimerization
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure

Substances

Boron Compounds
Cations

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Substances

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