Carbon-carbon bond cleavage by strongly electrophilic boranes

Bao Hua Xu, Gerald Kehr, Roland Fröhlich, Gerhard Erker*

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Abstract

Make and break: Strongly electrophilic boranes RB(C6F 5)2 (R=Me, CH2CH2Ph) react with an aminodihydropentalene substrate by C=C bond cleavage with concomitant borylene insertion to yield the ring-enlarged zwitterionic borate/iminium product.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12538-12540
Number of pages3
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume16
Issue number42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • C-C activation
  • boranes
  • carboboration
  • ring expansion

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