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Friday, 6 October 2006
South Ballroom (Binghamton Regency Hotel and Conference Center)
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Titanium(II)-catalyzed hydroboration of alkynylphosphines: A novel route to phosphanyl(organyl)boranes

Adam A. Elabd and Clare N. Muhoro. Towson University, Towson, MD

Phosphanyl(organyl)boranes are a unique class of compounds with the potential of behaving as ligands to transition metals and as monomers for Lewis Acid-Base polymers. We report progress on the development of fast, safe and high yielding synthetic routes to phosphanyl(organyl)boranes via catalytic hydroboration of alkynylphosphines using titanocene dicarbonyl. Studies on the optimization of this methodology for the preparation of several analogs will be presented, and the spectroscopic characterization of the compounds will be discussed. Preliminary results on the application of phosphanyl(organyl)boranes as ligands in transition metal complex synthesis will also be presented.

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