Tricationic analogues of boroxines and polyborate anions†‡
Alessandro Del Grosso,Ewan R. Clark,Nicholas Montoute,Michael J. Ingleson
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 06/12/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2CC32605A
Abstract
Addition of E2O (E = Me3Si or H) to [(pyridyl)BX2][AlX4] (X = Cl or Br) and subsequent heating produced the unprecedented trications [(2,6-lutidine)4B5O6]3+ and [(pyridine)4B3O3]3+.