Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed)

The preparation and stability of alkyl dichloroboronites

W Gerrard, MF Lappert

Index: Gerrard; Lappert Journal of the Chemical Society, 1955 , p. 3084,3086

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Citation Number: 9

Abstract

The preparation of a number of alkyl dichloroboronites, BCl,* OR, by reaction of boron trichloride with alcohols, borates or chloroboronates has been investigated. The primary alkyl esters are stable at ZOO, the secondary at-80". There are two causes of this instability: