Synthesis and reactivity of [Au(NHC)(Bpin)] complexes
Caroline M. Zinser, Fady Nahra, Laura Falivene, Marcel Brill, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Luigi Cavallo, Catherine S. J. Cazin and Steven P. Nolan
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), Vol.55(47), pp.6799-6802
A new class of [Au(NHC)(Bpin)] complexes has been synthesized and their unusual reactivity was investigated using computational and experimental methods. The gold–boryl complexes exhibit unexpected high stability and reactivity.