Stabilization of the Elusive 9-Carbene-9-Borafluorene Monoanion

Wentz, KE; Molino, A; Weisflog, SL; Kaur, A; Dickie, DA; Wilson, DJD; Gilliard, RJ

Gilliard, RJ (corresponding author), Univ Virginia, Dept Chem, 409 McCormick Rd,POB 400319, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA.; Wilson, DJD (corresponding author), La Trobe Univ, La Trobe Inst Mol Sci, Dept Chem & Phys, Melbourne, Vic 3086, Australia.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2021; 60 (23): 13065

Abstract

Two-electron reduction of carbene-supported 9-bromo-9-borafluorenes with excess KC8, Na, or Li-naphthalenide affords six N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-......

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