TY  - JOUR
ID  - pittir17661
UR  - http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17661/
IS  - 31
A1  - Ueng, SH
A1  - Brahmi, MM
A1  - Derat, E
A1  - Fensterbank, L
A1  - Lacôte, E
A1  - Malacria, M
A1  - Curran, DP
Y1  - 2008/08/06/
N2  - Calculations suggest that complexes of borane with N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) have B-H bond dissocation energies more then 20 kcal/mol less than free borane, diborane, borane-THF, and related complexes. Values are in the range of popular radical hydrogen atom donors like tin hydrides (70-80 kcal/mol). The resulting prediction that NHC borane complexes could be used as radical hydrogen atom donors was verified by radical deoxygenations of xanthates by using either AIBN or triethylborane as initiator. Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society.
JF  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
VL  - 130
SN  - 0002-7863
TI  - Complexes of borane and N-heterocyclic carbenes: A new class of radical hydrogen atom donor
SP  - 10082 
AV  - public
EP  -  10083
ER  -