14e η¹-Hydrocarbyliron complexes supported by hydrotris(3,5-diisopropyl-pyrazolyl)borate: the allyl complex prefers a highly coordinatively unsaturated 14e η¹-structure to a 16e η³-structure‡

Abstract

Coordinatively unsaturated allyl and benzyl complexes with the hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate ligand (Tp^iPr), Tp^iPrM–allyl (M = Ni, Co, Fe) and Tp^iPrFe–p-methylbenzyl, are prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography, and the allyl ligand is coordinated to the Fe center in a η¹-fashion to form a 14e species in contrast to the η³-coordination found for the Ni and Co complexes.

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