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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 May 22;57(26):7865–7868. doi: 10.1002/anie.201804298

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2.

Synthesis of zwitterion (4) via thiourea-mediated B–C bond activation. Compound 4 has two major resonance forms: 4a and 4b (anionic boron-dithiolene-modified-carbene complex of sulfenyl cation).