Complexes of borane and N-heterocyclic carbenes: a new class of radical hydrogen atom donor

…, L Fensterbank, E Lacôte, M Malacria…

Index: Ueng, Shau-Hua; Brahmi, Malika Makhlouf; Derat, Etienne; Fensterbank, Louis; Lacote, Emmanuel; Malacria, Max; Curran, Dennis P. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 130, # 31 p. 10082 - 10083

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Abstract

Calculations suggest that complexes of borane with N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) have B− H bond dissocation energies more then 20 kcal/mol less than free borane, diborane, borane− THF, and related complexes. Values are in the range of popular radical hydrogen atom donors like tin hydrides (70− 80 kcal/mol). The resulting prediction that NHC borane complexes could be used as radical hydrogen atom donors was verified by radical ...