The order of the addition of the reagents is important: The interaction of 1 with the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 proceeds to generate the active ethylene polymerization catalyst 2; however, excess borane poisons this catalyst by formation of the bis-borate-zwitterionic species 3.
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Guérin et al. (2000) studied this question.