Keywords: Alkynes / Boranes / Boron / Catechol / HydroborationThe treatment of 3,3-dimethyl-1-butynyllithium with boron trichloride followed by double hydroboration with HBCl 2 afforded 1,1,1-tris(dichloroboryl)-3,3-dimethylbutane (1a), characterized as its catechol derivative 1b. Analogously, three isomers (3a, 4a, and 5a) were obtained with trimethylsilylacetylide and identified as catechol derivatives 3b, 4b, and 5b. On heating, 1a formed 2,3,4-trichloro-1,5-dicarba-closopentaborane(5) (6a) with elimination of boron trichloride.[a]