Abstract
A meeting of borons: The homocoupling of a B-B bond in an amine-borane is reported to give a diborane coordinated to a RhI metal center (see picture; C gray/black, O red, P blue, B green, N orange). The pathway for the occurrence of this reaction was also studied using density functional theory to calculate the free energies of each intermediate.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9776-9780 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 37 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Sept 2013 |
Keywords
- amine-borane
- boron homocoupling
- dehydrogenative coupling
- rhodium
- X-ray diffraction