Boron-boron multiple bonding

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

Dibora[2]ferrocenophane: A Carbene-Stabilized Diborene in a Strained cis -Configuration

Author(s): Holger Braunschweig, Ivo Krummenacher, Crispin Lichtenberg, James D. Mattock, Marius Schäfer, Uwe Schmidt, Christoph Schneider, Thomas Steffenhagen, Stefan Ullrich, Alfredo Vargas
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 56/3, 2017, Page(s) 889-892, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609601

Highly Strained Heterocycles Constructed from Boron-Boron Multiple Bonds and Heavy Chalcogens

Author(s): Holger Braunschweig, Philipp Constantinidis, Theresa Dellermann, William C. Ewing, Ingo Fischer, Merlin Hess, Fergus R. Knight, Anna Rempel, Christoph Schneider, Stefan Ullrich, Alfredo Vargas, J. Derek Woollins
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 55/18, 2016, Page(s) 5606-5609, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601691

Increasing the Reactivity of Diborenes: Derivatization of NHC-Supported Dithienyldiborenes with Electron-Donor Groups

Author(s): Dominic Auerhammer, Merle Arrowsmith, Philipp Bissinger, Holger Braunschweig, Theresa Dellermann, Thomas Kupfer, Carsten Lenczyk, Dipak K. Roy, Marius Schäfer, Christoph Schneider
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, ISSN 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704669

CuOTf-mediated intramolecular diborene hydroarylation

Author(s): Sunewang Rixin Wang, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig, Rian D. Dewhurst, Valerie Paprocki, Lena Winner
Published in: Chem. Commun., Issue 53/87, 2017, Page(s) 11945-11947, ISSN 1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc07371b

Monomeric 16-Electron π-Diborene Complexes of Zn(II) and Cd(II)

Author(s): Sunewang R. Wang, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig, Rian D. Dewhurst, Michael Dömling, James D. Mattock, Conor Pranckevicius, Alfredo Vargas
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 139/31, 2017, Page(s) 10661-10664, ISSN 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06644

Neutral Diboron Analogues of Archetypal Aromatic Species by Spontaneous Cycloaddition

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, Mehmet Ali Celik, Christina Claes, William C. Ewing, Ivo Krummenacher, Katharina Lubitz, Christoph Schneider
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 55/37, 2016, Page(s) 11271-11275, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602384

Uncatalyzed Hydrogenation of First-Row Main Group Multiple Bonds

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, Mehmet Ali Celik, Theresa Dellermann, Kai Hammond
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, Issue 22/48, 2016, Page(s) 17169-17172, ISSN 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604094

Reactivity of a Dihydrodiborene with CO: Coordination, Insertion, Cleavage, and Spontaneous Formation of a Cyclic Alkyne

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, Mehmet Ali Celik
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 56/45, 2017, Page(s) 14287-14292, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707907

Engineering a Small HOMO-LUMO Gap and Intramolecular C−H Borylation by Diborene/Anthracene Orbital Intercalation

Author(s): Sunewang R. Wang, Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, Theresa Dellermann, Rian D. Dewhurst, Hauke Kelch, Ivo Krummenacher, James D. Mattock, Jonas H. Müssig, Torsten Thiess, Alfredo Vargas, Jiji Zhang
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 56/27, 2017, Page(s) 8009-8013, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704063

Simple solution-phase syntheses of tetrahalodiboranes(4) and their labile dimethylsulfide adducts

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, Andrea Deißenberger, Rian D. Dewhurst, William C. Ewing, Christian Hörl, Jan Mies, Jonas H. Muessig
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 53/59, 2017, Page(s) 8265-8267, ISSN 1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03148c

Formation and Reactivity of Electron-Precise B−B Single and Multiple Bonds

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig, Tom E. Stennett
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 56/1, 2017, Page(s) 96-115, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610072

Isolation of diborenes and their 90°-twisted diradical congeners

Author(s): Julian Böhnke, Theresa Dellermann, Mehmet Ali Celik, Ivo Krummenacher, Rian D. Dewhurst, Serhiy Demeshko, William C. Ewing, Kai Hammond, Merlin Heß, Eckhard Bill, Eileen Welz, Merle I. S. Röhr, Roland Mitrić, Bernd Engels, Franc Meyer, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02998-3

Closely related yet different: a borylene and its dimer are non-interconvertible but connected through reactivity

Author(s): Dominic Auerhammer, Merle Arrowsmith, Rian D. Dewhurst, Thomas Kupfer, Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 9/8, 2018, Page(s) 2252-2260, ISSN 2041-6520
DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04789d

Half-Sandwich Complexes of an Extremely Electron-Donating, Redox-Active η 6 -Diborabenzene Ligand

Author(s): Julian Böhnke, Holger Braunschweig, J. Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla, Ivo Krummenacher, Tom E. Stennett
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 140/2, 2018, Page(s) 848-853, ISSN 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12394

Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diboron(5) Compounds and Their Conversion to Diboron(5) Cations

Author(s): Jessica Cid, Alexander Hermann, James E. Radcliffe, Liam D. Curless, Holger Braunschweig, Michael J. Ingleson
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 37/12, 2018, Page(s) 1992-1998, ISSN 0276-7333
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00288

Single and double activation of acetone by isolobal BN and BB triple bonds

Author(s): Julian Böhnke, Tobias Brückner, Alexander Hermann, Oscar F. González-Belman, Merle Arrowsmith, J. Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 9/24, 2018, Page(s) 5354-5359, ISSN 2041-6520
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC01249K

CO 2 Binding and Splitting by Boron-Boron Multiple Bonds

Author(s): Andreas Stoy, Julian Böhnke, J. Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla, Rian D. Dewhurst, Torsten Thiess, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/20, 2018, Page(s) 5947-5951, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802117

Reactivity Enhancement of a Zerovalent Diboron Compound by Desymmetrization

Author(s): Julian Böhnke, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 140/32, 2018, Page(s) 10368-10373, ISSN 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06930

Direct access to a cAAC-supported dihydrodiborene and its dianion

Author(s): Merle Arrowsmith, James D. Mattock, Julian Böhnke, Ivo Krummenacher, Alfredo Vargas, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 54/37, 2018, Page(s) 4669-4672, ISSN 1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01580E

Diboryldiborenes: π-Conjugated B 4 Chains Isoelectronic to the Butadiene Dication

Author(s): Alexander Hermann, Jessica Cid, James D. Mattock, Rian D. Dewhurst, Ivo Krummenacher, Alfredo Vargas, Michael J. Ingleson, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/32, 2018, Page(s) 10091-10095, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805394

Unsymmetrical, Cyclic Diborenes and Thermal Rearrangement to a Borylborylene

Author(s): Tom E. Stennett, James D. Mattock, Ivonne Vollert, Alfredo Vargas, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/15, 2018, Page(s) 4098-4102, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800671

Construction of Linear and Branched Tetraboranes by 1,1- and 1,2-Diboration of Diborenes

Author(s): Tom E. Stennett, Rüdiger Bertermann, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/48, 2018, Page(s) 15896-15901, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809976

Chelated Diborenes and Their Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reactions with Dienes

Author(s): Tom E. Stennett, James D. Mattock, Leanne Pentecost, Alfredo Vargas, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/46, 2018, Page(s) 15276-15281, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809217

Near-Infrared Quadrupolar Chromophores Combining Three-Coordinate Boron-Based Superdonor and Superacceptor Units

Author(s): Tom E. Stennett, Philipp Bissinger, Stefanie Griesbeck, Stefan Ullrich, Ivo Krummenacher, Michael Auth, Andreas Sperlich, Matthias Stolte, Krzysztof Radacki, Chang-Jiang Yao, Frank Würthner, Andreas Steffen, Todd B. Marder, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/19, 2019, Page(s) 6449-6454, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900889

Phosphine-Stabilized Diiododiborenes: Isolable Diborenes with Six Labile Bonds

Author(s): Jonas H. Muessig, Melanie Thaler, Rian D. Dewhurst, Valerie Paprocki, Jens Seufert, James D. Mattock, Alfredo Vargas, Holger Braunschweig
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/13, 2019, Page(s) 4405-4409, ISSN 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814230