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Contrary to recent reports, the dehydrocoupling of pinacol borane and 9-borabicyclononane with a variety of amines, alcohols and thiols can be achieved under mild conditions without catalyst. This process involves the formation of Lewis acid-base adducts featuring a hydridic B-H in close proximity to an acidic Nu-H.
Romero et al. (Fri,) studied this question.