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Carbonyltris(trifluoromethyl)borane, (CF3)3BCO, An Unusual Boron Carbonyl This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (D.F.G), Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, and the Heinrich Hertz Stiftung (Grant to F.A.)

Annegret Terheiden, Eduard Bernhardt, Helge Willner, F. Aubke

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2002 · 69 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

By hydrolysis of a single CF3 group in concentrated sulfuric acid, the new boron carbonyl (CF3)3B−CO compound (see molecular structure) is obtained from K[B(CF3)4]. (CF3)3B−CO exhibits rather unusual properties and bears an electrophilic carbonyl carbon atom.