Borane complexes carbon monoxide

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The complexes of borane (BH3) itself with amines, phosphines, dialkyl sulfides and carbon monoxide, the first representatives prepared only in die 1930s were thoroughly discussed in several books and reviews.2,9,25-36 Therefore, in this section, only a brief summary will be given outlining the most basic aspects of these compounds, whereas complexes of substituted boranes will be discussed in more detail. 

Not everyone wants to use carbon monoxide and a more convenient, though equally deadly, one-carbon reagent is cyanide ion. This does not require the high pressures often needed to make CO react.39 Cyanide forms stable ate complexes 247 with boranes and we shall use two different alkenes to illustrate this possibility. Thexyl borane 227 is essential for reaction with two different alkenes and it is better to use the more hindered alkene first. These precautions lead to a more selective reaction with the first alkene. 

Monomeric borane has a very short lifetime, but it is a strong Lewis acid and may be stabilized by forming complexes with Lewis bases. BH3 resembles a transition metal atom in a low oxidation state, in the sense that it can form complexes with, say, carbon monoxide and phosphorous trifluoride having negligible basicity. It has been suggested that the complexes of BH3 with... 

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