Issue 31, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Unusual reactivity of lanthanide borohydride complexes leading to a borane complex†

Nils Meyer,a   Jelena Jenter,b   Peter W. Roesky,*b   Georg Eickerlingc  and  Wolfgang Scherer*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstraße 34-36, 14195 Berlin, Germany

b Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstr. 15, Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail: roesky@chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de
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c Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstr. 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
E-mail: wolfgang.scherer@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Fax: +49 821-598-3227
Tel: +49 821-598-3351-3350

Abstract

Depending on the ionic radius of the central metal atom the BH4−group, which usually reacts in lanthanide chemistry like a pseudo halide, can be involved in redox chemistry and the resulting product contains an N–BH3 unit, which binds in an unusual η2-fashion onto the metal atom.

Graphical abstract: Unusual reactivity of lanthanide borohydride complexes leading to a borane complex

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B907193H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Apr 2009
Accepted
09 Jun 2009
First published
29 Jun 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4693-4695

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Unusual reactivity of lanthanide borohydride complexes leading to a borane complex

N. Meyer, J. Jenter, P. W. Roesky, G. Eickerling and W. Scherer, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4693 DOI: 10.1039/B907193H

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