Cationic terminal borylene complexes: Structure/bonding analysis and [4+1] cycloaddition reactivity of a BN vinylidene analogue

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 6118-6122

  Aldridge, Simon ^a   Jones, Cameron ^a   Gans Eichler, Timo ^a   Stasch, Andreas ^a   Kays, Deborah L ^a   Coombs, Natalie D ^a   Willock, David J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron; Borylene ligands; Cycloaddition; Density functional calculations; Iron

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; ION SOURCES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BORYLENE LIGANDS; CYCLOADDITION; MULTIPLE-BOND CHARACTER;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 33749002236     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602162     Document Type: Article

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