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Single, Double, Triple Bonds and Chains: The Formation of Electron‐Precise BB Bonds
Author(s) -
Braunschweig Holger,
Dewhurst Rian D.
Publication year - 2013
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.201208189
Subject(s) - bond , boron , quadruple bond , electron deficiency , triple bond , chemistry , single bond , double bond , crystallography , computational chemistry , bond order , group (periodic table) , bond length , organic chemistry , business , crystal structure , finance
The construction of boron–boron bonds, despite the intense synthetic interest in diboranes and the high BB bond enthalpy, is still difficult, uncontrollable, and unpredictable. Methods for the construction of BB multiple bonds are rarer still. These problems have witnessed some progress in recent years; this Minireview attempts to provide a background to the history of BB bond synthesis and summarize the recent results in the area.