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Cover Feature: Octaboraneyl Complexes of Nickel: Monomers for Redox‐Active Coordination Polymers (Chem. Eur. J. 49/2020)
Author(s) -
Drover Marcus W.,
Dufour Maeve C.,
LesperanceNantau Lindsay A.,
Noriega Rayni P.,
Levin Kirill,
Schurko Robert W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202002126
Subject(s) - boranes , borane , nickel , chemistry , pyridine , lewis acids and bases , monomer , ligand (biochemistry) , polymer chemistry , cover (algebra) , polymer , bipyridine , coordination polymer , coordination complex , crystallography , catalysis , organic chemistry , boron , crystal structure , metal , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , receptor , engineering
Eight pendant boranes are better than one for the activation of Lewis bases. A new diphosphine ligand that features four pendant borane groups has been prepared. The coordination chemistry of this new scaffold has been established using nickel—giving an octaboraneyl Ni 0 complex; this species reacts readily with Lewis bases such as 4‐(dimethylamino)pyridine and 4,4’‐bipyridine. In the latter case, an unusual air‐sensitive open‐shell Ni‐coordination polymer is obtained, which has been characterized in the solid state. More information can be found in the Full Paper by M. W. Drover et al. on page 11180).