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Confirmation of an Early Postulate: BCB Two‐Electron–Three‐Center Bonding in Organo(hydro)boranes
Author(s) -
Hübner Alexander,
Diefenbach Martin,
Bolte Michael,
Lerner HansWolfram,
Holthausen Max C.,
Wagner Matthias
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201207335
Subject(s) - borane , boranes , crystallography , chemistry , electron , aryl , boron , stereochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , alkyl , catalysis
Finally, boron did it too : The first example of a dimeric organyl(hydro)borane with a B‐B‐bridging aryl ring has been elucidated (see picture; B green/blue, C black/gray). It features a BCB two‐electron–three‐center bond and a largely unperturbed aromatic π‐electron system.
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