1,1-Bis(N-methylimidazole)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-1-boracyclohexa-1,4-diene chloride: a stable intermediate or tangent en route to 1-(N-methylimidazole)borabenzene?

Cade, Ian; Hill, Anthony

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1,1-Bis(N-methylimidazole)-2-(trimethylsilyl)-1-boracyclohexa-1,4-diene chloride: a stable intermediate or tangent en route to 1-(N-methylimidazole)borabenzene?

Date

2012

Authors

Cade, Ian

Hill, Anthony

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

The reaction of 1-chloro-2-(trimethylsilyl)-1-boracylohexa-2,5-diene (1) with N-methylimidazole (NMI) results not in the anticipated borabenzene adduct [(NMI)→BC5H5] (3) but rather the title imidazole-stabilized cyclic boronium salt [(NMI)2BC5H5SiMe3-2]