Formation and Reactivity of Electron-Precise B-B Single and Multiple Bonds

Merle Arrowsmith; Holger Braunschweig; Tom E Stennett

doi:10.1002/anie.201610072

Formation and Reactivity of Electron-Precise B-B Single and Multiple Bonds

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jan 2;56(1):96-115. doi: 10.1002/anie.201610072. Epub 2016 Dec 9.

Authors

Merle Arrowsmith¹, Holger Braunschweig¹, Tom E Stennett¹

Affiliation

¹ Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Department of Chemistry, Am Hubland, Würzburg, 97074, Germany.

PMID: 27860056
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610072

Abstract

Recent years have seen rapid advances in the chemistry of small molecules containing electron-precise boron-boron bonds. This Review provides an overview of the latest methods for the controlled synthesis of B-B single and multiple bonds as well as the ever-expanding range of reactivity displayed by B-B multiple bonds.

Keywords: boron; main-group chemistry; multiple bonding; organoboron chemistry; transition metals.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't