TY  - JOUR
ID  - pittir17796
UR  - http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17796/
IS  - 1
A1  - Horn, M
A1  - Mayr, H
A1  - Lacôte, E
A1  - Merling, E
A1  - Deaner, J
A1  - Wells, S
A1  - McFadden, T
A1  - Curran, DP
Y1  - 2012/01/06/
N2  - 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. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
JF  - Organic Letters
VL  - 14
SN  - 1523-7060
TI  - N-heterocyclic carbene boranes are good hydride donors
SP  - 82 
AV  - public
EP  -  85
ER  -