“…[15] The CAAC Me unit, although nearly coplanar with its attached boron atom (torsion angle N-C5-B2-C1 171.88 8), forms aB ÀC bond (B2ÀC5 1.540 (5) ) that is somewhat longer than B-CAAC bonds observed recently wherein multiple bonding was inferred, for example,[B 2 (CAAC Me ) 2 ](1.459(2), 1.458(2) ) [16] ), both prepared by Aldridge and co-workers. [18] As mentioned above, the 11 BNMR signals of 2 were observed at d 26 and 37 ppm, the latter presumably corresponding to the alkylideneborane boron center, given its resemblance to the 11 BNMR signals of previously reported alkylideneborates (d 35, 40 ppm). [15] The 1 HNMR shift of the duryl para hydrogen nucleus of 2 (d 4.70 ppm) is shifted greatly to high field compared to that of the precursor 1 (d 7.00 ppm), [8] reflective of its h 6 -coordination in the latter complex.…”