Abstract
The first reported neutral boron(III) adducts of bis(amino)cyclopropenylidene carbenes (BAC carbenes) have been synthesized, structurally characterized, and applied in homogeneous reaction chemistry. These air-stable adducts have been prepared by the combination of a BAC carbene lithium tetrafluoroborate adduct with borane dimethyl sulfide, boron trifluoride etherate, or dicyclohexylborane. A borenium cation derived in situ from the dicyclohexylborane adduct catalytically reduces unhindered benzyl ketimines, a class of substrate that cannot be reduced by prior borenium catalysts, at room temperature, employing 20 atm of hydrogen gas as the terminal reductant.
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