In order to study the competition between deprotonation, borate formation, and B−N bond cleavage, six triaminoboranes bearing 1−3 NH functions were treated with butyllithium. The 2-anilino-1,3,2-diazaborolidine 1 was cleanly deprotonated, but the resulting N-lithio compound could not be crystallized. However, as a result of slow hydrolysis, the lithium 2-oxido derivative 7 was isolated in low yield as a dimeric ether solvate. Double deprotonation of 2-(dimethylamino)-1,3,2-benzodiazaborolidine (9) was accompanied by B−N bond cleavage. The dilithio derivative reacted with Me 3 SiCl to produce 2-dimethylamino-1,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,3,2-benzodiazaborolidine (11). Similarly, dianilino(diphenylamino)borane (2) was readily deprotonated to the insoluble dilithium compound. B−N bond cleavage also occurred, however, and the solvates Ph 2 NLi·dme (13) and Ph 2 NLi·2py (14) were isolated. These are dimeric, the former with a planar Li 2 N 2 ring, the latter possessing an N−Li−N−Li chain structure. Triply metallated trianilinoborane (15) crystallized as dimeric B(NLiPh) 3 ·LiCl·(OEt 2 ) 3 (15A). Treatment of trianilino-