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

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wu, Di ^a   Kong, Lingbing ^a   Li, Yongxin ^b   Ganguly, Rakesh ^b   Kinjo, Rei ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3,2,5 DIAZADIBORININE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHENYLACETYLENE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENZENE; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROPHILICITY; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRID; NUCLEOPHILICITY; SINGLE CRYSTAL X RAY DIFFRACTION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84931275240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8340     Document Type: Article

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