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Tricationic analogues of boroxines and polyborate anions
Alessandro Del Grosso1, Ewan R Clark, Nicholas Montoute
1Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
Abstract:
Addition of E(2)O (E = Me(3)Si or H) to [(pyridyl)BX(2)][AlX(4)] (X = Cl or Br) and subsequent heating produced the unprecedented trications [(2,6-lutidine)(4)B(5)O(6)](3+) and [(pyridine)(4)B(3)O(3)](3+).

