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Back Cover: Activation of Strong Boron–Fluorine and Silicon–Fluorine σ‐Bonds: Theoretical Understanding and Prediction (Chem. Eur. J. 39/2015)
Author(s) -
Kameo Hajime,
Sakaki Shigeyoshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201583904
Subject(s) - fluorine , boron , molecule , fluoride , chemistry , cover (algebra) , cleavage (geology) , bond cleavage , silicon , ion , computational chemistry , crystallography , materials science , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , engineering , mechanical engineering , fracture (geology) , composite material
The B–F bond, which is one of the strongest σ‐bonds, is successfully cleaved by a Pt 0 complex, as experimentally reported earlier by the Braunschweig group. A mechanistic DFT study clearly shows that one more BF 3 molecule plays crucial roles in this B–F σ‐bond cleavage; this second BF 3 molecule interacts with the fluoride anion to stabilize the transition state and the product. For more details, see the Full Paper on page 13588 ff. by H. Kameo and S. Sakaki.