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Photoswitching of the Lewis acidity of a catecholborane bearing an azo group based on the change in coordination number of boron
Kano, Naokazu,Yoshino, Junro,Kawashima, Takayuki
, p. 3909 - 3911 (2005)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Photoisomerization of a catecholborane bearing a 2-(phenylazo)phenyl group with an N-B dative bond caused photoswitching of the coordination number of boron between 3 and 4. The Lewis acidity of the catecholborane was switched by photoirradiation, and the complexation ability of the (E)- and the (Z)-isomers of the catecholborane with pyridine differs by more than a factor of 300.
