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  "abstract": "In search of an alternative to the dominant industrial processes, facilitated mostly by transition metal catalytic systems, current economic and environmental aspects are leading to a growing interest in the chemistry and application of main group element-based catalysts and materials. Mono- and dinuclear boron and aluminum complexes bearing a biguanide ligand (substituted 4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl-guanidinate; L) were prepared by deprotonation of LH2 with BH3Me2S, BF3Et2O, Me3Al or Me2AlCl or, in some cases, by transmetallation reactions of the lithium complex. Complexes were characterized by multinuclear NMR and sc-XRD analyses. Two coordination isomers, where the central atoms can occur both in four- and six-membered N,N’-chelate ring, were found for homobimetallic aluminum and boron biguanide com-plexes. Thorough study was performed to understand the formation and isomerization process, where a thermally and kinetically conducted isomerization was explored. The relative Gibbs free energies of optimized structures as well as hypothetical arrangements were calculated and compared in order to support the described isomerization. The activity of selected complexes was tested in the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of rac-lactide. While the boron complexes are inactive, dimethylaluminum species show moderate activity and good control over the polymer mass and dispersity after co-initiation by iPrOH. Furthermore, the species turned out as effective in promoting hydroboration of unsaturated C-C bonds.",
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      "name": "Lukáš Vlk"
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    {
      "name": "Tomáš Chlupatý"
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    {
      "name": "Alena Hoffmannová"
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    {
      "name": "Zdeňka Růžičková"
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    {
      "name": "Aleksandra Szymańska"
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    {
      "name": "Benjamin Théron"
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    {
      "name": "Raluca Malacea-Kabbara"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pierre Le Gendre"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jędrzej Walkowiak"
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    {
      "name": "Aleš Růžička"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3kf9y0m17ax40.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c00595",
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  "published": "2026-06-04",
  "publisher": "American Chemical Society",
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  "title": "Biguanide Complexes of Boron and Aluminum",
  "title_text": "Biguanide Complexes of Boron and Aluminum",
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:18:01Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3kf9y0m17ax40",
  "venue": "Inorganic Chemistry",
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