Intro; Preface; Contents; Boryl Anions; 1 Introduction: History of Boryl Anions Before 2006; 2 Chemistry of Boryl Anions; 2.1 Base-Stabilized Boryl Anions; 2.2 N-Heterocyclic Boryl Anions; 2.3 Boryl Anion Derivatives as a Counterpart of Carboanions; 2.4 Base-Coordinated Diborane(4) as Boryl Anion Equivalents; 3 Chemistry of Boryl-Transition Metal Complexes Derived from Boryl Anion; 3.1 Boryl Complexes of Late Transition Metals (Groups 11-12); 3.2 Boryl Complexes of Early Transition Metals (Groups 3-5); 4 Chemistry of Boryl-Substituted Main Group Element Compounds Derived from Boryl Anions

4.1 Boryl-Substituted Group 13 Element Compounds4.2 Boryl-Substituted Group 14 Element Compounds; 4.3 Boryl-Substituted Group 15 Element Compounds; 5 Summary and Outlook; References; Fundamental and Applied Properties of Borocations; 1 Introduction; 2 Fundamentals; 2.1 Select Synthetic Considerations; 2.2 Electrophilicity of Borocations; 2.3 General Reactivity Pathways of Borocations with Nucleophiles; 3 Borocations in Dehydroboration; 3.1 Intramolecular Electrophilic Aromatic Borylation; 3.2 Intramolecular Electrophilic Aliphatic Borylation

2.2 Insertion Reactions2.3 Cycloaddition Reactions; 2.4 Miscellaneous; 3 Alkynylborates (Ate-Complexes); 3.1 Preparations; 3.2 Uncatalyzed Reactions; 3.3 Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions; 3.4 Reactions Through Intermediacy of Alkynyl(Triorganyl)Borates; 4 Conclusions; References; Improving Transformations Through Organotrifluoroborates; 1 Introduction; 2 Improvements Toward Organotrifluoroborate Synthesis; 3 Recent Advances in C-C Bond Formation with Organotrifluoroborates; 3.1 Cross-Coupling of Novel Organotrifluoroborates; 3.2 Improved Incorporation of Important Scaffolds