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Ammonia-Borane and Related Compounds as Dihydrogen Sources by Staubitz, Anne, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Manners, Ian

“…Chemical compounds that may be used as sources for dihydrogen are discussed. In particular, the use of ammonia-borane and related compounds as hydrogen donors…”
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Amine− and Phosphine−Borane Adducts: New Interest in Old Molecules by Staubitz, Anne, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Sloan, Matthew E, Manners, Ian

“…Amine and phosphine adducts are classic examples of compounds synthesized by Lewis acid-Lewis base reactions. An examination of research into new applications…”
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Interpnictogen Cations: Exploring New Vistas in Coordination Chemistry by Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Gray, Paul A., Burford, Neil

“…Pnictine derivatives can behave as both 2e− donors (Lewis bases) and 2e− acceptors (Lewis acids). As prototypical ligands in the coordination chemistry of…”
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Mechanism of Metal-Free Hydrogen Transfer between Amine–Boranes and Aminoboranes by Leitao, Erin M, Stubbs, Naomi E, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Helten, Holger, Cox, Robert J, Lloyd-Jones, Guy C, Manners, Ian

“…The kinetics of the metal-free hydrogen transfer from amine–borane Me2NH·BH3 to aminoborane iPr2NBH2, yielding iPr2NH·BH3 and cyclodiborazane [Me2N-BH2]2 via…”
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Catalytic Dehydrocoupling/Dehydrogenation of N-Methylamine-Borane and Ammonia-Borane: Synthesis and Characterization of High Molecular Weight Polyaminoboranes by Staubitz, Anne, Sloan, Matthew E, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Friedrich, Anja, Schneider, Sven, Gates, Paul J, Schmedt auf der Günne, Jörn, Manners, Ian

“…The catalytic dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation of N-methylamine-borane, MeNH2·BH3 (7), to yield the soluble, high molecular weight poly(N-methylaminoborane)…”
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Photoactivated, Iron-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Amine-Borane Adducts: Formation of Boron-Nitrogen Oligomers and Polymers by Vance, James R., Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Lee, Kajin, Manners, Ian

“…Dehydrogenation chemistry with iron: The first examples of efficient iron‐catalyzed dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation of amine–boranes at ambient temperature…”
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Iron-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling/Dehydrogenation of Amine–Boranes by Vance, James R, Schäfer, André, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Lee, Kajin, Turner, Joshua, Whittell, George R, Manners, Ian

“…The readily available iron carbonyl complexes, [CpFe(CO)2]2 (1) and CpFe(CO)2I (2) (Cp = η-C5H5), were found to be efficient precatalysts for the…”
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Heterogeneous Dehydrocoupling of Amine–Borane Adducts by Skeletal Nickel Catalysts by Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Suter, Riccardo, Chabanne, Laurent, Whittell, George R, Manners, Ian

“…Skeletal Ni, produced by the selective leaching of Al from a Ni/Al alloy, has been successfully employed in the catalytic dehydrogenation of various…”
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Catalytic Redistribution and Polymerization of Diborazanes: Unexpected Observation of Metal-Free Hydrogen Transfer between Aminoboranes and Amine-Boranes by Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Leitao, Erin M, Manners, Ian

“…Ir-catalyzed (20 °C) or thermal (70 °C) dehydrocoupling of the linear diborazane MeNH2–BH2–NHMe–BH3 led to the formation of poly- or oligoaminoboranes…”
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Mechanisms of the Thermal and Catalytic Redistributions, Oligomerizations, and Polymerizations of Linear Diborazanes by Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Leitao, Erin M, Jurca, Titel, Haddow, Mairi F, Helten, Holger, Lloyd-Jones, Guy C, Manners, Ian

“…Linear diborazanes R3N–BH2–NR2–BH3 (R = alkyl or H) are often implicated as key intermediates in the dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to form…”
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B‑Methylated Amine-Boranes: Substituent Redistribution, Catalytic Dehydrogenation, and Facile Metal-Free Hydrogen Transfer Reactions by Stubbs, Naomi E, Schäfer, André, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Leitao, Erin M, Jurca, Titel, Sparkes, Hazel A, Woodall, Christopher H, Haddow, Mairi F, Manners, Ian

“…Although the dehydrogenation chemistry of amine-boranes substituted at nitrogen has attracted considerable attention, much less is known about the reactivity…”
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Synthesis and reactivity of cyclo -tetra(stibinophosphonium) tetracations: redox and coordination chemistry of phosphine-antimony complexes by Chitnis, Saurabh S, Robertson, Alasdair P M, Burford, Neil, Weigand, Jan J, Fischer, Roland

“…Reductive elimination of [R PPR ] , [ ] , from the highly electrophilic Sb centres in [(R P) Sb] , [ ] , gives Sb containing cations [(R P)Sb] , [ ] , which…”
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Diverse Reactivity of the cyclo-Diphosphinophosphonium Cation [(PtBu)3Me]+: Parallels with Epoxides and New catena-Phosphorus Frameworks by Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Dyker, C. Adam, Gray, Paul A, Patrick, Brian O, Decken, Andreas, Burford, Neil

“…The cyclo-diphosphinophosphonium salt [(PtBu)3Me][OTf] (2) has been shown to be highly reactive toward Lewis bases, exhibiting diverse reactivity with…”
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"Spontaneous" Ambient Temperature Dehydrocoupling of Aromatic Amine-Boranes by Helten, Holger, Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Staubitz, Anne, Vance, James R., Haddow, Mairi F., Manners, Ian

“…The dehydrocoupling/dehydrogenation behavior of primary arylamine–borane adducts ArNH2⋅BH3 (3 a–c; Ar=a: Ph, b: p‐MeOC6H4, c: p‐CF3C6H4) has been studied in…”
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Synthesis and the Thermal and Catalytic Dehydrogenation Reactions of Amine-Thioboranes by Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Haddow, Mairi F, Manners, Ian

“…A series of trimethylamine-thioborane adducts, Me3N·BH2SR (R = tBu [2a], nBu [2b], iPr [2c], Ph [2d], C6F5 [2e]) have been prepared and characterized. Attempts…”
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Correction: Bipyridine complexes of E3+ (E = P, As, Sb, Bi): strong Lewis acids, sources of E(OTf)3 and synthons for EI and EV cations by Chitnis, Saurabh S, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Burford, Neil, Patrick, Brian O, McDonald, Robert, Ferguson, Michael J

“…Correction for 'Bipyridine complexes of E 3+ (E = P, As, Sb, Bi): strong Lewis acids, sources of E(OTf) 3 and synthons for E I and E V cations' by Saurabh S…”
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Catching the First Oligomerization Event in the Catalytic Formation of Polyaminoboranes: H3B·NMeHBH2·NMeH2 Bound to Iridium by Johnson, Heather C, Robertson, Alasdair P. M, Chaplin, Adrian B, Sewell, Laura J, Thompson, Amber L, Haddow, Mairi F, Manners, Ian, Weller, Andrew S

“…We report the first insertion step at a metal center for the catalytic dehydropolymerization of H3B·NMeH2 to form the simplest oligomeric species,…”
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Establishing the Coordination Chemistry of Antimony(V) Cations: Systematic Assessment of Ph4Sb(OTf) and Ph3Sb(OTf)2 as Lewis Acceptors by Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Chitnis, Saurabh S., Jenkins, Hilary A., McDonald, Robert, Ferguson, Michael J., Burford, Neil

“…The coordination chemistry of the stiboranes Ph4Sb(OTf) (1 a, OTf = OSO2CF3) and Ph3Sb(OTf)2 (3) with Lewis bases has been investigated. The significant steric…”
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14-Vertex Heteroboranes with 14 Skeletal Electron Pairs: An Experimental and Computational Study by Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Beattie, Nicholas A., Scott, Greig, Man, Wing Y., Jones, John J., Macgregor, Stuart A., Rosair, Georgina M., Welch, Alan J.

“…Three isomers of [(Cp*Ru)2C2B10H12], the first examples of 14‐vertex heteroboranes containing 14‐skeletal electron pairs, have been synthesized by the direct…”
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14-Vertex Heteroboranes with 14 Skeletal Electron Pairs: An Experimental and Computational Study by Robertson, Alasdair P. M., Beattie, Nicholas A., Scott, Greig, Man, Wing Y., Jones, John J., Macgregor, Stuart A., Rosair, Georgina M., Welch, Alan J.

“…Three isomers of [(Cp*Ru)2C2B10H12], the first examples of 14‐vertex heteroboranes containing 14‐skeletal electron pairs, have been synthesized by the direct…”
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