@unpublished{ArrowsmithDoemlingSchmidtetal.2019, author = {Arrowsmith, Merle and D{\"o}mling, Michael and Schmidt, Uwe and Werner, Luis and Castro, Abril C. and Jim{\´e}nez-Halla, J. Oscar C. and M{\"u}ssig, Jonas and Prieschl, Dominic and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Spontaneous trans-Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Apolar B=B Double Bonds}, series = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201902656}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-184874}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The transfer hydrogenation of NHC-supported diborenes with dimethylamine borane proceeds with high selectivity for the trans-1,2-dihydrodiboranes(6). DFT calculations suggest a stepwise proton-first-hydride-second reaction mechanism via an intermediate μ-hydrodiboronium dimethylaminoborate ion pair.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{SchmidtFantuzziArrowsmithetal.2020, author = {Schmidt, Uwe and Fantuzzi, Felipe and Arrowsmith, Merle and Hermann, Alexander and Prieschl, Dominic and Rempel, Anna and Engels, Bernd and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Tuneable reduction of cymantrenylboranes to diborenes or borylene-derived boratafulvenes}, series = {Chemical Communications}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, doi = {10.1039/D0CC06398C}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222149}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Whereas the reduction of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-stabilised cymantrenyldibromoboranes, (NHC)BBr\(_2\)Cym, in benzene results in formation of the corresponding diborenes (NHC)\(_2\)B\(_2\)Cym\(_2\), a change of solvent to THF yields a borylene of the form (NHC)\(_2\)BCym, stabilised through its boratafulvene resonance form.}, language = {en} }