Soluble Boron–Nitrogen High Polymers from Metal‐Complex‐Catalyzed Amine Borane Dehydrogenation

Taking the high road is what reactions of primary amine boranes do, according to results recently obtained by Manners and co-workers, when a homogeneous catalyst is used to prepare soluble aminoborane polymers and copolymers (see scheme; pocop=ϰ3-1,3-(OPtBu2)2C6H3). Such metal-catalyzed dehydrocoupling reactions for the synthesis of new BN analogues of α-olefins are of fundamental interest for materials science.