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Complete Reductive Cleavage of CO Facilitated by Highly Electrophilic Borocations

Liam D Curless, Ewan R Clark, Jessica Cid, Alessandro Del Grosso, Michael J Ingleson

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jul 11;51(54):10903-6.

PMID: 26060849

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.

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Catalog Number Product Name Structure CAS Number Price
AP823961 Trimethylboroxine Trimethylboroxine 823-96-1 Price
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