A New Perspective on Borane Chemistry: The Nucleophilicity of the B−H Bonding Pair Electrons

Ambiphilic Molecules: From Organometallic Curiosity to Metal-Free Catalysts

(2018) Frédéric-Georges Fontaine et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Transition-Metal-Like Behavior of Monovalent Boron Compounds: Reduction, Migration, and Complete Cleavage of CO at a Boron Center

(2018) Hao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Release of Isonitrile- and NHC-Stabilized Borylenes from Group VI Terminal Borylene Complexes

(2018) Marco Nutz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Elucidation of the Formation Mechanisms of the Octahydrotriborate Anion (B3H8–) through the Nucleophilicity of the B–H Bond

(2018) Xi-Meng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Borylene Insertion into Cage B–H Bond: A Route to Electron-Precise B–B Single Bond

(2018) Hao Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The ABC in pincer chemistry – From amine- to borylene- and carbon-based pincer-ligands

(2018) Leon Maser et al.   POLYHEDRON

Nitrogen fixation and reduction at boron

(2018) Marc-André Légaré et al.   SCIENCE

Closely related yet different: a borylene and its dimer are non-interconvertible but connected through reactivity

(2018) Dominic Auerhammer et al.   Chemical Science

Striking transformations of the hydroborylene ligand in a HB:→NiII complex with isocyanides and CO

(2018) T. J. Hadlington et al.   Chemical Science

Brønsted and Lewis Base Behavior of Sodium Amidotrihydridoborate (NaNH2 BH3 )

(2017) Xi-Meng Chen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ammonia borane, a material with exceptional properties for chemical hydrogen storage

(2017) Umit B. Demirci   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Impact of H.I. Schlesinger's discoveries upon the course of modern chemistry on B−(N−)H hydrogen carriers

(2017) Umit B. Demirci   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene Borane: A Readily Available, Liquid N-Heterocyclic Carbene Borane Reagent

(2017) Daniel A. Bolt et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes are Hydrogen Donors in Masamune–Bergman Reactions of Benzo[3,4]cyclodec-3-ene-1,5-diynes

(2017) Takashi Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of a Borylene Cation [(NHSi)2B(CO)]+ Stabilized by Three Neutral Ligands

(2017) Hao Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Main-Group Metallomimetics: Transition Metal-like Photolytic CO Substitution at Boron

(2017) Holger Braunschweig et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ionic and Neutral Mechanisms for C–H Bond Silylation of Aromatic Heterocycles Catalyzed by Potassium tert-Butoxide

(2017) Shibdas Banerjee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Alkene–Carbene Isomerization induced by Borane: Access to an Asymmetrical Diborene

(2017) Wei Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Boriranes by Double Hydroboration Reactions of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate

(2017) Timothy R. McFadden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Characterization of a Borane σ Complex of a Diiron Dithiolate: Model for an Elusive Dihydrogen Adduct

(2017) Noémie Lalaoui et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Elongated σ-Borane versus σ-Borane in Pincer–POP–Osmium Complexes

(2017) Miguel A. Esteruelas et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis of Base-Stabilized Hydrido(hydroborylene)tungsten Complexes and Their Reactions with Terminal Alkynes To Give η3-Boraallyl Complexes

(2017) Zeping Hui et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

An efficient FeCl 3 -mediated approach for reduction of ketones through N -heterocyclic carbene boranes

(2017) Ming-Hui Wang et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Completing the series of boron-nucleophilic cyanoborates: boryl anions of type NHC–B(CN)2−

(2017) Richard Böser et al.   Chemical Science

Direct Conversion from Terminal Borylene into Terminal Phosphinidene

(2016) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Azaborabutadienes: Synthesis by Metal-Free Carboboration of Nitriles and Utility as Building Blocks for B,N-Heterocycles

(2016) Lingbing Kong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atom-Efficient Synthesis of Alkynylfluoroborates Using BF3-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2016) Vladimir Iashin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Generation of Dicoordinate Boron(I) Units by Fragmentation of a Tetra-Boron(I) Molecular Square

(2016) Merle Arrowsmith et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Capturing HBCy2 : Using N,O-Chelated Complexes of Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) for Chemoselective Hydroboration

(2016) Marcus W. Drover et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phosphine-Stabilized Borylenes and Boryl Anions as Ligands? Redox Reactivity in Boron-Based Pincer Complexes

(2016) Lisa Vondung et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Use of crown ethers to isolate intermediates in ammonia-borane dehydrocoupling reactions

(2016) Robert J. Less et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hydrogen and Dihydrogen Bonds in the Reactions of Metal Hydrides

(2016) Natalia V. Belkova et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Crystal Engineering of Polymeric Structures with Dative Boron–Nitrogen Bonds: Design Criteria and Limitations

(2016) Nicolas Luisier et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Lewis acid–base adducts of group 13 elements: synthesis, structure and reactivity toward benzaldehyde

(2016) C. Ganesamoorthy et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

2-(Methylamido)pyridine–Borane: A Tripod κ3-N,H,H Ligand in Trigonal Bipyramidal Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes with an Asymmetric Coordination of Its BH3 Group

(2016) Javier Brugos et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enabling and Probing Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination at a Group 14 Metal Center: Cleavage and Functionalization of E–H Bonds by a Bis(boryl)stannylene

(2016) Andrey V. Protchenko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolation of a Diborane(6) Dication: Formation and Cleavage of an Electron-Precise B(sp3)–B(sp3) Bond

(2016) Lingbing Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolation of 1,2,4,3-Triazaborol-3-yl-metal (Li, Mg, Al, Au, Zn, Sb, Bi) Derivatives and Reactivity toward CO and Isonitriles

(2016) Wei Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

(2016) D. W. Stephan   SCIENCE

Stabilization and Transfer of the Transient [Mes*P4 ]− Butterfly Anion Using BPh3

(2015) Jaap E. Borger et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dative Bonding between Group 13 Elements Using a Boron-Centered Lewis Base

(2015) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Research Progress on Ammonia-Borane Based Direct Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions

(2015) Xianghua Yang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Bis(σ-B–H) complexes of copper(i): precursors to a heterogeneous amine–borane dehydrogenation catalyst

(2015) Adi E. Nako et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Reactivity of Transition-Metal Borylene Complexes: Recent Advances in B–C and B–B Bond Formation via Borylene Ligand Coupling

(2015) Holger Braunschweig et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric Reduction of tert-Butanesulfinyl Ketimines by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2015) Tao Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The continuing story of the diammoniate of diborane

(2015) Qianyi Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Formation Mechanisms, Structure, Solution Behavior, and Reactivity of Aminodiborane

(2015) Huizhen Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2015) Douglas W. Stephan   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiple complexation of CO and related ligands to a main-group element

(2015) Holger Braunschweig et al.   NATURE

Hydroboration of Arynes Formed by Hexadehydro-Diels–Alder Cyclizations with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2015) Takashi Watanabe et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Diverse reactivity of a tricoordinate organoboron L2PhB: (L = oxazol-2-ylidene) towards alkali metal, group 9 metal, and coinage metal precursors

(2015) Lingbing Kong et al.   Chemical Science

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis

(2014) Douglas W. Stephan   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Assessing the Brønsted Basicity of Diaminoboryl Anions: Reactivity toward Methylated Benzenes and Dihydrogen

(2014) Nicole Dettenrieder et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydroboration of Arynes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2014) Tsuyoshi Taniguchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

BH, CH, and BC Bond Activation: The Role of Two Adjacent Agostic Interactions

(2014) Audrey Cassen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isolation of a Bis(oxazol-2-ylidene)-Phenylborylene Adduct and its Reactivity as a Boron-Centered Nucleophile

(2014) Lingbing Kong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Elusive Three-Coordinate Dicationic Hydrido Boron Complex

(2014) Wen-Ching Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

B–C Bond Cleavage and Ru–C Bond Formation from a Phosphinoborane: Synthesis of a Bis-σ Borane Aryl-Ruthenium Complex

(2014) Audrey Cassen et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

The Roles of Dihydrogen Bonds in Amine Borane Chemistry

(2013) Xuenian Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Deprotonation of a Borohydride: Synthesis of a Carbene-Stabilized Boryl Anion

(2013) David A. Ruiz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Transition metal borylene complexes

(2013) Holger Braunschweig et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A combined experimental and computational study of fluxional processes in sigma amine–borane complexes of rhodium and iridium

(2013) Andrés G. Algarra et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Lewis Acid-Base Adducts of 1-Mesityl- and 1-Chloro-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole

(2013) Holger Braunschweig et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemistry of boron hydrides orchestrated by dihydrogen bonds

(2013) Oleg A. Filippov et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Dihydrogen bond and X-H…σ interaction as sub-classes of hydrogen bond

(2013) Sławomir J. Grabowski   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Facile B–H Bond Activation of Borane by Stable Carbenoid Species

(2013) Hadrien Heuclin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Generation of Borenium Ions by Cooperative B–H Bond Activation: The Elusive Direct Electrophilic Borylation of Nitrogen Heterocycles with Pinacolborane

(2013) Timo Stahl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanisms of the Thermal and Catalytic Redistributions, Oligomerizations, and Polymerizations of Linear Diborazanes

(2013) Alasdair P. M. Robertson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Monosubstituted Borane Ruthenium Complexes RuH2(η2:η2-H2BR)(PR′3)2: A General Approach to the Geminal Bis(σ-B–H) Coordination Mode

(2013) Yann Gloaguen et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Borenium-Catalyzed Hydroborations of Silyl-Substituted Alkenes and Alkynes with a Readily Available N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Borane

(2013) Anne Boussonnière et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Anti and gauche conformers of an inorganic butane analogue, NH3BH2NH2BH3

(2012) Xuenian Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Trivalent boron nucleophile as a new tool in organic synthesis: reactivity and asymmetric induction

(2012) Jessica Cid et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

“Spontaneous” Ambient Temperature Dehydrocoupling of Aromatic Amine-Boranes

(2012) Holger Helten et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Large-Scale and Facile Preparation of Pure Ammonia Borane through Displacement Reactions

(2012) Xuenian Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Modern 1,3,2-Diazaborole Chemistry - A Metamorphosis from Electrophilic to Nucleophilic Boron

(2012) Lothar Weber   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols with ammonia borane in neat water

(2012) Lei Shi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Donor–Acceptor Complexation and Dehydrogenation Chemistry of Aminoboranes

(2012) Adam C. Malcolm et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric Rhodium-Directed anti-Markovnikov Regioselective Boracyclopentannulation

(2012) Momar Toure et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Borenium Ion Catalyzed Hydroboration of Alkenes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Boranes

(2012) Aleksandrs Prokofjevs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Comparative study on reducing aromatic aldehydes by using ammonia borane and lithium amidoborane as reducing reagents

(2012) Weiliang Xu et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Silica Gel Promotes Reductions of Aldehydes and Ketones by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2012) Tsuyoshi Taniguchi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis and Reactions of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2011) Dennis P. Curran et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

“Umpolung” at Boron by Reduction of [B(CN)4]− and Formation of the Dianion [B(CN)3]2−

(2011) Eduard Bernhardt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Pentaphenylborole-2,6-Lutidine Adduct: A System with Unusual Thermochromic and Photochromic Properties

(2011) Kay Ansorg et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Unprecedented reactivity of an aluminium hydride complex with ArNH2BH3: nucleophilic substitution versus deprotonation

(2011) Sjoerd Harder et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Syntheses and properties of triborane(5)s possessing bulky diamino substituents on terminal boron atoms

(2011) Yumi Hayashi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Probing Mesitylborane and Mesitylborate Ligation Within the Coordination Sphere of Cp*Ru(PiPr3)+: A Combined Synthetic, X-ray Crystallographic, and Computational Study

(2011) Kevin D. Hesp et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Carbene Stabilization of Highly Reactive Main-Group Molecules

(2011) Yuzhong Wang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ruthenium Agostic (Phosphinoaryl)borane Complexes: Multinuclear Solid-State and Solution NMR, X-ray, and DFT Studies

(2011) Yann Gloaguen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Experimental and Computational Study of the Formation Mechanism of the Diammoniate of Diborane: The Role of Dihydrogen Bonds

(2011) Xuenian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines

(2011) R. Kinjo et al.   SCIENCE

Ammonia borane as a metal free reductant for ketones and aldehydes: a mechanistic study

(2011) Xianghua Yang et al.   TETRAHEDRON

N-Methyl-anilinoborane: Monomer, Dimers, Molecular Structure, and Rearrangement into μ-(N-Methyl-anilino)diborane(6). A Convenient Route to μ-(Amino)diboranes(6)

(2011) Bernd Wrackmeyer et al.   ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANORGANISCHE UND ALLGEMEINE CHEMIE

Coordination and Dehydrogenation of Amine-Boranes at Metal Centers

(2010) Gilles Alcaraz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and Structure of a Carbene-Stabilized π-Boryl Anion

(2010) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Generation and Reactions of an Unsubstituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boryl Anion

(2010) Julien Monot et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The synthesis of chiral N-heterocyclic carbene–borane and –diorganoborane complexes and their use in the asymmetric reduction of ketones

(2010) David M. Lindsay et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ammonia-Borane and Related Compounds as Dihydrogen Sources

(2010) Anne Staubitz et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Electron-Precise Coordination Modes of Boron-Centered Ligands

(2010) Holger Braunschweig et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Boryltrihydroborate: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity as a Reductant in Ionic, Organometallic, and Radical Reactions

(2010) Kyoko Nozaki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Facile Synthesis of Aminodiborane and Inorganic Butane Analogue NH3BH2NH2BH3

(2010) Xuenian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Boryl-Based Pincer Systems: New Avenues in Boron Chemistry

(2009) Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phosphinoborane and Sulfidoborohydride as Chelating Ligands in Polyhydride Ruthenium Complexes: Agostic σ-Borane versus Dihydroborate Coordination

(2009) Yann Gloaguen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Hydrogen Activation and More

(2009) Douglas W. Stephan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Boryl ligands and their roles in metal-catalysed borylation reactions

(2009) Li Dang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ionic and Organometallic Reductions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes

(2009) Qianli Chu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Exploring the reactivity of a coordinatively unsaturated Cp*Ru(κ2-P,O) complex with small molecule substrates: application in E–H bond activation (E = H, B, and Si)

(2009) Matthew A. Rankin et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

A Linear, Anionic Dimetalloborylene Complex

(2008) Holger Braunschweig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

B–N compounds for chemical hydrogenstorage

(2008) Charles W. Hamilton et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Chemistry of Boryllithium: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity

(2008) Yasutomo Segawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Transition metal–σ-borane complexes

(2007) K PANDEY   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Hypervalent hydridosilicates: synthesis, structure and hydride bridging

(2007) Paul D. Prince et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS