@unpublished{BraunschweigKrummenacherLichtenbergetal.2016, author = {Braunschweig, Holger and Krummenacher, Ivo and Lichtenberg, Crispin and Mattock, James and Sch{\"a}fer, Marius and Schmidt, Uwe and Schneider, Christoph and Steffenhagen, Thomas and Ullrich, Stefan and Vargas, Alfredo}, title = {Dibora[2]ferrocenophane: A Carbene-Stabilized Diborene in a Strained cis-Configuration}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201609601}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-141981}, pages = {9}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Unsaturated bridges that link the two cyclopentadienyl ligands together in strained ansa metallocenes are rare and limited to carbon-carbon double bonds. The synthesis and isolation of a strained ferrocenophane containing an unsaturated two-boron bridge, isoelectronic with a C=C double bond, was achieved by reduction of a carbene-stabilized 1,1'-bis(dihaloboryl)ferrocene. A combination of spectroscopic and electrochemical measurements as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations was used to assess the influence of the unprecedented strained cis configuration on the optical and electrochemical properties of the carbene-stabilized diborene unit. Initial reactivity studies show that the dibora[2]ferrocenophane is prone to boron-boron double bond cleavage reactions.}, subject = {Metallocene}, language = {en} } @article{BraunschweigConstantinidisDellermannetal.2016, author = {Braunschweig, Holger and Constantinidis, Philipp and Dellermann, Theresa and Ewing, William and Fischer, Ingo and Hess, Merlin and Knight, Fergus and Rempel, Anna and Schneider, Christoph and Ullrich, Stefan and Vargas, Alfredo and Woolins, Derek}, title = {Highly Strained Heterocycles Constructed from Boron-Boron Multiple Bonds and Heavy Chalcogens}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, volume = {55}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, number = {18}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201601691}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-138237}, pages = {5606 -- 5609}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The reactions of a diborene with elemental selenium or tellurium are shown to afford a diboraselenirane or diboratellurirane, respectively. These reactions are reminiscent of the sequestration of subvalent oxygen and nitrogen in the formation of oxiranes and aziridines; however, such reactivity is not known between alkenes and the heavy chalcogens. Although carbon is too electronegative to affect the reduction of elements with lower relative electronegativity, the highly reducing nature of the B B double bond enables reactions with Se0 and Te0. The capacity of multiple bonds between boron atoms to donate electron density is highlighted in reactions where diborynes behave as nucleophiles, attacking one of the two Te atoms of diaryltellurides, forming salts consisting of diboratellurenium cations and aryltelluride anions.}, subject = {Bor}, language = {en} }