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Persistent Tetraalkyldiboranes(4)
Author(s) -
Schlüter Kaspar,
Berndt Armin
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198000571
Subject(s) - alkyl , boron , chemistry , tetra , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry
Boron compounds of type (alkyl) 2 B—B(alkyl) 2 , which have been sought for more than 40 years, have been independently synthesized by two research teams almost simultaneously and by the same pathway. Stepwise replacement of the methoxy groups of (1) by alkyl groups gave the tetraalkyldiboranes (4) , (5) (RMe), and (6) (R= t BuCh 2 ). Tetra‐ tert ‐butyldiborane could not be prepared, while the silylborane (7) , RSiMe 3 , could.