Dv. Lanzisera et L. Andrews, REACTIONS OF LASER-ABLATED BORON ATOMS WITH METHANOL - INFRARED-SPECTRA AND AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS OF CH3BO, CH2BOH, AND CH2BO IN SOLID ARGON, The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 101(8), 1997, pp. 1482-1487
Laser-ablated boron atoms react with methanol to give primarily CH3BO,
which is isolated in an argon matric. FTIR spectra of various isotopi
c combinations and MP2 calculated isotopic frequencies help identify t
his product and the minor products, CH2BOH and CH2BO. All new products
form via boron insertion into the C-O bond, while HBO and DBO form vi
a boron insertion into the O-H bond; no C-H insertion products can be
observed. All of these products contain partial dative B-O bonds in wh
ich an oxygen lone pair bonds with the empty boron p-orbital.