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Rhodium and Iridium Aminoborane Complexes: Coordination Chemistry of BN Alkene Analogues
Author(s) -
Tang Christina Y.,
Thompson Amber L.,
Aldridge Simon
Publication year - 2010
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.200906171
Subject(s) - iridium , rhodium , alkene , chemistry , borane , boranes , crystallography , stereochemistry , boron , catalysis , organic chemistry
Side‐on or end‐on? Rhodium and iridium complexes featuring aminoboranes (R 2 NBH 2 ) as ligands have been synthesized and structurally characterized. Crystallographic measurements show that the ligands—in contrast to isoelectronic alkene donors—bind in an end‐on fashion through a bis(σ‐borane) binding motif (see structure).