Some chemistry of hindered organoboranes
Boron stabilised carbanions can be ma& through the use of highly hindered diarylboranes. Some reactions of the anions so produced are discussed. A spin-off of this work is the production of some stable mono and diarylboranes which hold great promise as reagents of general application. In a similar fashion, highly hindered and very stable alkyldiarylhydroborates are now available for selective reductions.