Threat to the Throne: Can Two Cooperating Boron Atoms Rival Transition Metals in Chemical Bond Activation and Catalysis?

B−B-Bond Nucleophilicity in a Tetraaryl μ-Hydridodiborane(4) Anion

(2020) Matthias Wagner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

cAAC‐Stabilized 9,10‐diboraanthracenes – acenes with open‐shell singlet biradical ground states

(2020) Christian Saalfrank et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Conjugated π‐Systems Arising from Cannibalistic Hexadehydro‐Diels‐Alder Couplings: Cleavage of C‒C Single and Triple Bonds

(2020) Jan Maier et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Dual Role of Doubly Reduced Arylboranes as Dihydrogen- and Hydride-Transfer Catalysts

(2019) Esther von Grotthuss et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tuning the Structure and Electronic Properties of B–N Fused Dipyridylanthracene and Implications on the Self-Sensitized Reactivity with Singlet Oxygen

(2019) Kanglei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nickel complexes of phosphine-appended benzannulated boron heterocycles

(2019) Laura A. Essex et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Metal-Free Selective Borylation of Arenes by a Diazadiborinine via C–H/C–F Bond Activation and Dearomatization

(2019) Yuanting Su et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The 9H -9-Borafluorene Dianion: A Surrogate for Elusive Diarylboryl Anion Nucleophiles

(2019) Jannik Gilmer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Crystalline Diazadiborinine Radical Cation and Its Boron-Centered Radical Reactivity

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

Engineering the Frontier Orbitals of a Diazadiborinine for Facile Activation of H2 , NH3 , and an Isonitrile

(2018) Yuanting Su et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A redox-active diborane platform performs C(sp3)–H activation and nucleophilic substitution reactions

(2018) Thomas Kaese et al.   Chemical Science

Selective CO2 Splitting by Doubly Reduced Aryl Boranes to Give CO and [CO3 ]2−

(2018) Esther von Grotthuss et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

C-Halogenated 9,10-Diboraanthracenes: How the Halogen Load and Distribution Influences Key Optoelectronic Properties

(2018) Simon Brend'amour et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Copper and Silver Complexes of a Redox-Active Diphosphine-Diboraanthracene Ligand

(2018) Jordan W. Taylor et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Selective Photocatalytic C–F Borylation of Polyfluoroarenes by Rh/Ni Dual Catalysis Providing Valuable Fluorinated Arylboronate Esters

(2018) Ya-Ming Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Activation of dihydrogen by 1,4,2,5-diazadiborinine

(2018) Baolin Wang et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Chalcogen–chalcogen-bond activation by an ambiphilic, doubly reduced organoborane

(2018) Esther von Grotthuss et al.   TETRAHEDRON

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Boranthrene as a Metal-Free Platform for the Activation of Small Molecules

(2017) Jordan W. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrostatic Catalyst Generated from Diazadiborinine for Carbonyl Reduction

(2017) Di Wu et al.   Chem

Reversible Dihydrogen Activation by Reduced Aryl Boranes as Main-Group Ambiphiles

(2016) Esther von Grotthuss et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bis-Boron Compounds in Catalysis: Bidentate and Bifunctional Activation

(2016) Luca Schweighauser et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Preparing (Multi)Fluoroarenes as Building Blocks for Synthesis: Nickel-Catalyzed Borylation of Polyfluoroarenes via C–F Bond Cleavage

(2016) Jing Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ambiphilic boron in 1,4,2,5-diazadiborinine

(2016) Baolin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Metal-Free Ammonia-Borane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by a Bis(borane) Lewis Acid

(2015) Zhenpin Lu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

sp2–sp3 diboranes: astounding structural variability and mild sources of nucleophilic boron for organic synthesis

(2015) Rian D. Dewhurst et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stability, Reactivity, Selectivity, Catalysis, and Predictions of 1,3,2,5-Diazadiborinine: Computational Insight into a Boron–Boron Frustrated Lewis Pair

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

A Preorganized Ditopic Borane as Highly Efficient One- or Two-Electron Trap

(2015) Alexander Hübner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Frustrated Lewis Pairs

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

Reversible [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of 1,3,2,5-diazadiborinine with ethylene

(2015) Di Wu et al.   Chemical Science

1,3,2,5-Diazadiborinine featuring nucleophilic and electrophilic boron centres

(2015) Di Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis

(2014) Douglas W. Stephan   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Extensive Structural Rearrangements upon Reduction of 9H-9-Borafluorene

(2014) Alexander Hübner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and characterisation of the complete series of B–N analogues of triptycene

(2014) Ömer Seven et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Effects of boron doping on the structural and optoelectronic properties of 9,10-diarylanthracenes

(2013) Claas Hoffend et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Tandem Synthesis of 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracenes via Elusiveortho-Lithiated Phenylboronates

(2013) Sergiusz Luliński et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

C-Functionalized, Air- and Water-Stable 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracenes: Efficient Blue to Red Emitting Luminophores

(2013) Christian Reus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis, Coupling, and Condensation Reactions of 1,2-Diborylated Benzenes: An Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Study

(2012) Ömer Seven et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis of Bromo-, Boryl-, and Stannyl-Functionalized 1,2-Bis(trimethylsilyl)benzenes via Diels–Alder or C–H Activation Reactions

(2012) Christian Reus et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

“Frustrated Lewis pair” hydrogenations

(2012) Douglas W. Stephan   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

C−F and C−H Bond Activation of Fluorobenzenes and Fluoropyridines at Transition Metal Centers: How Fluorine Tips the Scales

(2011) Eric Clot et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Unsymmetrically Substituted 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracenes as Versatile Building Blocks for Boron-Doped π-Conjugated Systems

(2011) Estera Januszewski et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Bis(trimethylsilyl)benzenes using Rieke-Magnesium or the Entrainment Method

(2010) Andreas Lorbach et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Lewis-base adducts of 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: ditopic hydroboration reagents and a B–N analogue of triptycene

(2010) Andreas Lorbach et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

σ-Acceptor, Z-type ligands for transition metals

(2010) Abderrahmane Amgoune et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis and Comparative Characterization of 9-Boraanthracene, 5-Boranaphthacene, and 6-Borapentacene Stabilized by the H2IMes Carbene

(2010) Thomas K. Wood et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Transition metals as Lewis bases: “Z-type” boron ligands and metal-to-boron dative bonding

(2010) Holger Braunschweig et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Lewis Acid Catalyzed Inverse Electron-Demand Diels−Alder Reaction of 1,2-Diazines

(2010) Simon N. Kessler et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Dilithio 9,10-Diborataanthracene: Molecular Structure and 1,4-Addition Reactions

(2010) Andreas Lorbach et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: Supramolecular Structure and Use as a Building Block for Luminescent Conjugated Polymers

(2009) Andreas Lorbach et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

9-Boraanthracene Derivatives Stabilized by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2009) Thomas K. Wood 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

B–N compounds for chemical hydrogenstorage

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

The Larger Acenes: Versatile Organic Semiconductors

(2007) John E. Anthony   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION