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

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

Nitrogen fixation and reduction at boron

(2018) Marc-André Légaré et al.   SCIENCE

Formation of Boron–Main-Group Element Bonds by Reactions with a Tricoordinate Organoboron L2PhB: (L = Oxazol-2-ylidene)

(2017) Lingbing Kong et al.   INORGANIC 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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis via the α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Azolium

(2017) Changhe Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

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

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

Cooperative Catalysis and Activation with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2016) Michael H. Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Formation and Reactivity of Electron-Precise B−B Single and Multiple Bonds

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

Interactions of Isonitriles with Metal-Boron Bonds: Insertions, Coupling, Ring Formation, and Liberation of Monovalent Boron

(2016) Holger Braunschweig et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Reduction of a diamidocarbene-supported borenium cation: isolation of a neutral boryl-substituted radical and a carbene-stabilized aminoborylene

(2016) Anthony D. Ledet et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

(2016) D. W. Stephan   SCIENCE

The Synthesis of B2(SIDip)2and its Reactivity Between the Diboracumulenic and Diborynic Extremes

(2015) Julian Böhnke et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives

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

Compounds with Low-Valent p-Block Elements for Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis

(2015) Sandeep Yadav et al.   ChemCatChem

Complete reductive cleavage of CO facilitated by highly electrophilic borocations

(2015) Liam D. Curless et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The synthesis and structure of a carbene-stabilized iminocarboranyl-boron(i) compound

(2015) Hao Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis

(2014) Douglas W. Stephan   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

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

Synthesis and Reactivity of a CAAC-Aminoborylene Adduct: A Hetero-Allene or an Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes

(2014) Fatme Dahcheh et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An efficient synthetic route to stable bis(carbene)borylenes [(L1)(L2)BH]

(2014) David A. Ruiz et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

Facile scission of isonitrile carbon–nitrogen triple bond using a diborane(4) reagent

(2014) Hiroki Asakawa et al.   Nature Communications

Facile Carbon Monoxide Reduction at Intramolecular Frustrated Phosphane/Borane Lewis Pair Templates

(2013) Muhammad Sajid et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Formylborane Formation with Frustrated Lewis Pair Templates

(2013) Muhammad Sajid et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stoichiometric Metal-Free Reduction of CO in Syn-Gas

(2013) Roman Dobrovetsky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal-free binding and coupling of carbon monoxide at a boron–boron triple bond

(2013) Holger Braunschweig et al.   Nature Chemistry

Activation of phosphorus by group 14 elements in low oxidation states

(2012) Shabana Khan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stepwise Intramolecular Photoisomerization of NHC-Chelate Dimesitylboron Compounds with C–C Bond Formation and C–H Bond Insertion

(2012) Ying-Li Rao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Group 14 Hydrides with Low Valent Elements for Activation of Small Molecules

(2011) Swadhin K. Mandal et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Extending NHC-Catalysis: Coupling Aldehydes with Unconventional Reaction Partners

(2011) Akkattu T. Biju et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Interaction of Multiple Bonded and Unsaturated Heavier Main Group Compounds with Hydrogen, Ammonia, Olefins, and Related Molecules

(2011) Philip P. Power   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Carbene Stabilization of Highly Reactive Main-Group Molecules

(2011) Yuzhong Wang et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Generation of a Carbene-Stabilized Bora-borylene and its Insertion into a C–H Bond

(2011) Philipp Bissinger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zwitterionic and Donor-Stabilized N-Heterocyclic Silylenes (NHSis) for Metal-Free Activation of Small Molecules

(2011) Shenglai Yao et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines

(2011) R. Kinjo et al.   SCIENCE

Main-group elements as transition metals

(2010) Philip P. Power   NATURE

Stable singlet carbenes as mimics for transition metal centers

(2010) David Martin et al.   Chemical Science

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Hydrogen Activation and More

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

Room-Temperature Reaction of Carbon Monoxide with a Stable Diarylgermylene

(2009) Xinping Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY