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Coordination and Activation of the BF Molecule
Author(s) -
Vidovic Dragoslav,
Aldridge Simon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200901022
Subject(s) - chemistry , molecule , ligand (biochemistry) , crystallography , transition metal , metal , atom (system on chip) , stereochemistry , bridging ligand , coordination complex , bridging (networking) , crystal structure , catalysis , receptor , organic chemistry , biochemistry , computer science , embedded system , computer network
No CO : Fluoroborylene (BF), isoelectronic with CO and N 2 , can be trapped by a transition metal. The structurally characterized complex [{CpRu(CO) 2 } 2 (μ‐BF)] contains an unsupported bridging BF ligand, which is unprecedented in the structural chemistry of CO. With AlCl 3 , metal‐bound CO coordinates through the O atom without bond rupture, while the more polar and less π‐bonded BF ligand is heterolytically cleaved (see picture).