Binuclear magnesium amidoborane complexes: characterization of a trinuclear thermal decomposition product†
Abstract
The bis-β-diketimine with a meta-phenylene bridge (META-H2: DIPPN(H)CMeCHCMeN–C6H4–NCMeCHCMeN(H)DIPP; DIPP = 2,6-iPr-C6H3) reacted with two equivalents of nBu2Mg to give the bis-β-diketiminate complex META-(MgnBu)2. The latter binuclear magnesium complex was converted to META-[MgNH(iPr)BH3]2 by reaction with H2N(iPr)BH3. The