@article{pittir17796,
          volume = {14},
          number = {1},
           month = {January},
          author = {M Horn and H Mayr and E Lac{\^o}te and E Merling and J Deaner and S Wells and T McFadden and DP Curran},
           title = {N-heterocyclic carbene boranes are good hydride donors},
         journal = {Organic Letters},
           pages = {82 -- 85},
            year = {2012},
             url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17796/},
        abstract = {The nucleophilicity parameters (N) of 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene borane and 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene borane are 9.55 and 11.88. This places N-heterocyclic carbene boranes (NHC-boranes) among the most nucleophilic classes of neutral hydride donors. Reductions of highly electron-poor C=N and C=C bonds provide hydrogenation products along with new, stable borylated products. The results suggest that NHC-boranes have considerable untapped potential as neutral organic reductants. {\copyright} 2011 American Chemical Society.}
}