High yield synthesis of a neutral and carbonyl-rich terminal arylborylene complex

Holger Braunschweig; Qing Ye; Krzysztof Radacki

doi:10.1039/c2cc17445f

High yield synthesis of a neutral and carbonyl-rich terminal arylborylene complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Mar 11;48(21):2701-3. doi: 10.1039/c2cc17445f. Epub 2012 Feb 3.

Authors

Holger Braunschweig¹, Qing Ye, Krzysztof Radacki

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany. h.braunschweig@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

PMID: 22301941
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17445f

Abstract

High yield synthesis of trans-[(Me(3)P)(OC)(3)Fe = BDur] (Dur, "Duryl" = 2,3,4,6-Me(4)C(6)H) is achieved by salt elimination and subsequent liberation of trimethylsilylbromide from K[Fe(CO)(3)(PMe(3))SiMe(3)] and Br(2)BDur.