(Dimethylamino) borylene and related complexes of electron-rich metal fragments : generation of nucleophile-resistant cations by spontaneous halide ejection

• Main Authors: Addy, David A., Pierce, Glesni A., Jemmis, Eluvathingal D., Phillips, Nicholas, Vidović, Dragoslav, Krämer, Tobias, Mallick, Dibyendu, Reid, Gill, Aldridge, Simon
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99344; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Spontaneous halide ejection from a three-coordinate Lewis acid has been shown to offer a remarkable new route to cationic metal complexes featuring a linear, multiply bonded boron-donor ligand. The exploitation of electron-rich [CpM(PR3)2] fragments within boryl systems of the type LnMB(hal)NR2 lead...