Hard versus soft reactivity of Lewis acidic boranes

This work outlines the use of Lewis acidic boranes in a variety of different reactions, mainly in the activation of unsaturated substrates such as allenes, alkynes, ketones, aldehydes and imines. The activation of allenes toward frustrated Lewis pairs showed that a formal 1,4-addition product prevai...

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Main Author: Wilkins, Lewis
Published: Cardiff University 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.732301