Exploring the reducing role of boron: added insights from theory

Yuvraj Dangat, Kumar Vanka
2016 Dalton Transactions  
Why are boron containing systems so effective at CO coupling? Full quantum chemical calculations with density functional theory (DFT) provide interesting insights into why recently reported CO coupling by diboryne systems is such a facile process.
doi:10.1039/c5dt03799a pmid:26619156 fatcat:avhuyqzasjeg5la52wlldjipma