Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.139, No.39, 13680-13683, 2017
Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of a Borylene Cation RNHSi)(2)B(CO)](+) Stabilized by Three Neutral Ligands
A borylene cation stabilized by bis(silylene) and carbon monoxide was prepared and structurally characterized via the reaction of bis(silylene)-stabilized bromoborylene with W(CO)(6). This is the first example of a borylene cation coordinated by three neutral ligands, which: can be viewed as a cationic form of a king-sought Lewis, base-stabilized zerovalent boron compound. This cation can cleave dihydrogen.