The first bottleable example of a neutral Group 13 atom bound only by neutral donor ligands (L) has been fully characterized by spectroscopic methods and its structure determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. A two-coordinate paramagnetic L2B0 complex can readily be accessed through a facile reduction reaction and is stabilized by π-accepting cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC) ligands. Further reduction of (CAAC)2B leads to the isolation of a stable diamagnetic boride anion. In turn, oxidation leads to the putative formation of a transient two-coordinate cationic borylene which has been trapped to form a stable boron(I) complex. Density functional theory calculations support the formulation of (CAAC)2B as a boron(0) complex stabilized by strong multiple bonding.
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Ambient temperature isolation of a monoatomic boron(0) complex
The first bottleable example of a neutral Group 13 atom bound only by neutral donor ligands (L) has been fully characterized. A two-coordinate paramagnetic L2B0 complex can readily be accessed through a facile reduction reaction and is stabilized by π-accepting cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC) ligands.
Orginal Paper Written By: Conor Pranckevicius - This is a fake author bio.
| Published on 12/19/2024
| 10 min read
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