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 [RuH2(η2-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
- This article is part of the themed collection: Boranes and borohydrides