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Boryl radicals

Boron-centred radicals, usually generated from a borane whose boron is coordinated by a Lewis base such as an amine, phosphine or N-heterocyclic carbene. They are studied by electron spin resonance and used as hydrogen-atom abstractors and radical precursors.

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Borane coordination opens the N-alkyl aziridines that metal catalysis leaves inert

Peng and colleagues coordinate BH3 to an aziridine nitrogen, convert the adduct into a boryl radical, and let it fragment into a beta-aminoalkyl radical that copper and nickel catalysis can then couple to aryl and other partners.

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