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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386166 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20181108 46
Boron trifluoride is observed to promote a variety of C-H insertion reactions of benzynes bearing pendant alkyl groups. Computations and various mechanistic studies indicate that BF<sub>3</sub> engages the strained π-bond to confer carbene-like character on the adjacent, noncoordinated benzyne carbon. This represents an unprecedented catalytic role for a non-transition metal such as BF<sub>3</sub>. ...[more]