Hypercoordination of boron and aluminum: Synthetic utility as chelating Lewis acids

…, D Uraguchi, N Kagoshima, K Maruoka

Index: Ooi; Uraguchi; Kagoshima; Maruoka Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998 , vol. 120, # 21 p. 5327 - 5328

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Abstract

Boron and aluminum compounds have been widely utilized in both organic and inorganic syntheses. 1 Many of the reaction characteristics common to both these elements depend on the availability of the empty p orbital that makes these compounds electrophilic or Lewis acidic. 2 Accordingly, trivalent B and Al compounds A (BX3 and AlX3) readily react with a variety of neutral or negatively charged Lewis bases (L) to form the corresponding ...