Selective B–B bond activation in an unsymmetrical diborane(4) by [(Me3P)4Rh–X] (X = Me, OtBu): a switch of mechanism?

C. Borner; K. Brandhorst; C. Kleeberg

doi:10.1039/C5DT00618J

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Selective B–B bond activation in an unsymmetrical diborane(4) by [(Me₃P)₄Rh–X] (X = Me, OtBu): a switch of mechanism?†

C. Borner,^a K. Brandhorst

^a and C. Kleeberg*^a

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^a Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
E-mail: ch.kleeberg@tu-braunschweig.de

Abstract

The unsymmetrical diborane(4) pinB–B((RN)₂(C₆H₄)) (R = Me, Bn) reacts with [(Me₃P)₄Rh–X] (X = Me, OtBu) giving predominantly either [(Me₃P)₄Rh–Bpin] or [(Me₃P)₃Rh–B((RN)₂(C₆H₄))] depending on X. At low temperatures in the presence of excess PMe₃ the unprecedented equatorial boryl complex [(Me₃P)₄Rh–B((MeN)₂(C₆H₄))] is formed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT00618J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Feb 2015
Accepted: 31 Mar 2015
First published: 14 Apr 2015
This article is Open Access

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Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 8600-8604

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Selective B–B bond activation in an unsymmetrical diborane(4) by [(Me₃P)₄Rh–X] (X = Me, OtBu): a switch of mechanism?

C. Borner, K. Brandhorst and C. Kleeberg, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 8600 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00618J

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