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Cover Picture: Synthesis and Reactions of N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44/2011)
Author(s) -
Curran Dennis P.,
Solovyev Andrey,
Makhlouf Brahmi Malika,
Fensterbank Louis,
Malacria Max,
Lacôte Emmanuel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201105618
Subject(s) - boranes , carbene , chemistry , boron , borane , organic chemistry , catalysis
Like the suguaro cactus the chemistry of carbene boranes sprouted from barren ground and grew slowly for several decades. The rains came in 2008, and now the various branches of the field are all blossoming. In their Review on page 10 294 ff. D. P. Curran and co‐workers discuss the synthesis, application, and characterization of N‐heterocyclic carbene‐borane complexes. Unusual boron species are stabilized by carbenes, and carbene boranes themselves are reagents for organic synthesis and co‐initiators for radical photopolymerization. The cover was created by Dr. Julien Monot and Mr. Andrey Solovyev.