Issue 3, 2013

Synthesis of a ruthenium bis(diisopropylamino(isocyano)borane) complex from the activation of an amino(cyano)borane

Abstract

The reactivity of the amino(cyano)borane iPr2NBH(CN) (2) towards [RuH22-H2)2(PCy3)2] (3) was investigated. Our study reveals that the formation of the bis(isocyanoborane) ruthenium complex [RuH(CN)(CN-BHNiPr2)2(PCy3)2] (6) occurs via the intermediacy of the bis(σ-B–H) ruthenium complex [RuH(CN)(H2BNiPr2)(PCy3)2] (5). This transformation involves BCN linkage isomerisation in 2. The diisopropylaminoborane ligand in 5 can be displaced to ultimately produce the bis(σ-borane) complex [RuH222-H2BNiPr2)(PCy3)2] (4) as a by-product.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of a ruthenium bis(diisopropylamino(isocyano)borane) complex from the activation of an amino(cyano)borane

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Sep 2012
Accepted
19 Nov 2012
First published
30 Nov 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 776-781

Synthesis of a ruthenium bis(diisopropylamino(isocyano)borane) complex from the activation of an amino(cyano)borane

M. Joost, G. Alcaraz, L. Vendier, A. Poblador-Bahamonde, E. Clot and S. Sabo-Etienne, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 776 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32274A

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