Photochemical Generation of Triphenylsilylboranediyl (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>SiB: from Organosilylboranes

Bernd Pachaly, Robert West

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1984 · 131 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

A carbene- or nitrene-analogous boron species, the title compound 1, was generated by photolysis of RB(SiPh3)2 or B(SiPh3)3 and detected by trapping reactions. 1 inserts into CH and CO bonds and cycloadds to CC bonds to yield borirenes such as 2.

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