Catecholboryl and Related Complexes

The mechanism of stoichiometric CH borylation by complexes of this type has been the subject of several recent studies designed, in particular, to probe the underlying factors responsible for the unique ability of boryl systems to bring about alkane functionalization [37-39,50,51]. The thermodynamics of B-C bond formation have previously been noted to be favourable [50,51], and 

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