The first synthesis and X-ray crystallographic analysis of an oxygen-bridged planarized triphenylborane - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing)

The first synthesis and X-ray crystallographic analysis of an oxygen-bridged planarized triphenylborane - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing)

Yuichi Kitamoto,*a   Takatsugu Suzuki,b   Yasuo Miyata,b   Hiroshi Kita,c   Kenji Funakid and   Shuichi Oi*a 
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Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7098-7101
DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02440H
Received 21 Mar 2016, Accepted 29 Apr 2016
First published online 29 Apr 2016

An oxygen-bridged
planarized triphenylborane has been successfully synthesized. X-ray
crystallographic analysis revealed that the molecule has a complete
planarized structure and the shortest C–B bonds among the triarylboranes
synthesized to date.