New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects override strong steric disincentives.
Arnold, Nicole; Braunschweig, Holger; Damme, Alexander; Dewhurst, Rian D.; Pentecost, Leanne; Radacki, Krzysztof; Stellwag-Konertz, Sascha; Thiess, Torsten; Trumpp, Alexandra; Vargas, Alfredo; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 52 (2016) 4898–4901; doi:10.1039/c6cc01493c

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 New outcomes of Lewis base addition to diboranes(4): electronic effects
 override strong steric disincentives.
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