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N-Heterocyclic Silylene Coordinated Dialkyl Borenium Equivalent
Tsai, Hsiu-Chen,Lin, Ya-Fan,Liu, Wei-Chun,Lee, Gene-Hsiang,Peng, Shie-Ming,Chiu, Ching-Wen
, p. 3879 - 3882 (2017/10/30)
In an attempt to prepare the heavier analogue of NHC-stabilized borenium cation, we have prepared a silylene-coordinated borenium equivalent (1a), which can be viewed as a contact ion pair of borenium and triflate. The triflate anion coordinates to the oxophilic silicon center, leaving the boron center existing in a trigonal-planar geometry in the solid state and in solution. Nucleophilic substitution reactions of 1a all result in the release of free silylene ligand, demonstrating the borenium-ion-like reactivity of 1a. Chemical reduction of 1a leads to a neutral radical possessing a partial Si-B double bond.