DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03787h ISSN: 1477-9226
CAAC-stabilised 9,10-diboraanthracene: an electronically and structurally flexible platform for small-molecule activation and metal complexation
Maximilian Dietz, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig- Inorganic Chemistry
In its bent form a cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (CAAC)-stabilised 9,10-diboraanthracene diradical enables concerted small molecule activation by the two boron centres, while in its planar form it acts as an η6-heteroarene ligand to group 6 carbonyls.