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posted on 2023-10-18, 03:28 authored by Manjur Akram, John Tidwell, Jason DuttonJason Dutton, Caleb Martin The Lewis superacid, bis(1-methyl-ortho-carboranyl)borane, is rapidly accessed in two steps. It is a very effective hydroboration reagent capable of B−H addition to alkenes, alkynes, and cyclopropanes. To date, this is the first identified Lewis superacidic secondary borane and most reactive neutral hydroboration reagent.
Funding
The authors are grateful to the Welch Foundation (Grant No. AA-1846), the National Science Foundation (Award No. 1753025), and the Australian Research Council (FT16010007, DP20010013) for their generous support of this work. Allocation of computing resources from La Trobe University are acknowledged.
History
Publication Date
2023-08-21Journal
Angewandte ChemieVolume
62Issue
34Article Number
e202307040Pagination
6p.Publisher
WileyISSN
0044-8249Rights Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
