Volume 52, Issue 27 pp. 7038-7041
Communication

An Electron-Precise, Tetrahedral μ3 Boride Complex

Dipl.-Chem. Philipp Bissinger

Dipl.-Chem. Philipp Bissinger

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/

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Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig

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Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/Search for more papers by this author
Dipl.-Chem. Alexander Damme

Dipl.-Chem. Alexander Damme

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/

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Dr. Thomas Kupfer

Dr. Thomas Kupfer

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/

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Dr. Krzysztof Radacki

Dr. Krzysztof Radacki

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/

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First published: 03 June 2013
Citations: 9

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Graphical Abstract

Boron at the top: Reaction of IMes⋅BBr3 (IMes=1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene) with Na[Co(CO)4] afforded the trimetalloboride [(CO)9Co33-B⋅IMes)] with high selectivity. This species has a tetrahedral geometry with an electron-precise bonding situation, which is uncommon for a μ3 boride complex. It can be considered the missing link between a tetrahedral μ3 borylene (nonclassical) and planar μ3 boride (electron-precise) complexes.

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