1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Goethe‐Universit?t Frankfurt, Max‐von‐Laue‐Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Fax: (+49)?69‐798‐29260;2. Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University Newark, 73 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102 (USA)
Abstract:
Building bridges : The title compound forms an unprecedented polymeric structure with bridging B–H–B three‐center two‐electron bonds in the solid state. This organoborane serves as an efficient precursor for the preparation of boron‐doped π‐conjugated polymers by hydroboration polymerization with a functionalized 1,4‐diethynylbenzene (see picture). These polymers form thin films that show intense green luminescence.
