Probing borafluorene B-C bond insertion with gold acetylide and azide

Dalton Trans. 2023 Jan 17;52(3):668-674. doi: 10.1039/d2dt03672j.

Abstract

The reaction of Ph3PAuN3 with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene resulted in complexation of the azide to boron while a gold acetylide reacted with 9-Ph-9-borafluorene to insert the acetylide carbon to access a six-membered boracycle with an exocyclic double bond.