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Reactivity of transition-metal borylene complexes: recent advances in B-C and B-B bond formation via borylene ligand
Holger Braunschweig1, Rong Shang1
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Terminal borylene complexes of group 6-10 metals have been prepared through a number of synthetic strategies, displaying a wide structural diversity with numerous coordination modes of the borylene ligand [:BR]. Earlier, amino-substituted borylenes were found to serve as borylene ligand transfer reagents to a range of organic and organometallic substrates. In contrast, aryl- and alkyl-substituted borylenes display metathesis behavior when combined with ketones. Recent studies on these complexes revealed new reactivity patterns involving borylene-borylene and carbonyl-borylene ligand coupling. Herein a brief account on the recent progress of these borylene ligand coupling reactions made in our laboratories is provided. These reactions offer unprecedented alternative methods for electron-precise B-B and B-C bond formation.
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