Examining the reactivity of tris( ortho -carboranyl)borane with Lewis bases and application in frustrated Lewis pair Si-H bond cleavage.
Kanika VashisthSanjay DuttaManjur O AkramCaleb D MartinPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2023)
Reactions of tris( ortho -carboranyl)borane with Lewis bases reveals only small bases bind. The tremendous bulk and Lewis acidity is leveraged in frustrated Lewis pair Si-H cleavage with a wider range of Lewis bases and greater efficacy than B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 .