26621-57-8Relevant articles and documents
Addition of boranes to (E)-(η5-C5H 5)2Zr(CH=CHPh)Cl
Ferland, Patrick,Prosser, Kathleen E.,Bourque, Jeremy L.,Edwards, Ian C.,Hamilton, Nathan S.,Joyce, Lori E.,Finniss, Mathew C.,Yorke, Scott R.,Vogels, Christopher M.,Fontaine, Frederic-Georges,Decken, Andreas,Westcott, Stephen A.
, p. 811 - 816 (2013/08/25)
In this study, the addition of boranes to (E)-(η5-C 5H5)2Zr(CH=CHPh)Cl (3) has been examined in order to investigate the regioselectivity of these 'hydroboration' reactions. We have found that these additions proceed with remarkable selectivity to give exclusive formation of a saturated organic molecule where one carbon atom has both the boron and the zirconium fragments. These reactions do not proceed via a conventional hydroboration reaction, but instead go through an initial transmetalation step to generate (E)-(η5-C5H 5)2Zr(H)Cl (1) and the corresponding alkenyl boron intermediate, whereupon subsequent hydrozirconation of this latter species gives the geminal products. An x-ray diffraction study has been conducted on gem-(η5-C5H5)2Zr(CH(Bpin)CH 2Ph)Cl (pin = 1, 2-O2C2Me4) (2). Crystals of 2 were orthorhombic with a = 18.545(3) A, b = 15.713(3) A, c = 16.157(3) A in the space group Pccn. An x-ray diffraction study has also been conducted on the trinuclear zirconium oxide species (η5-C5H5)2ZrO 2[ZrCl(η5-C5H5) 2]2 (4). Crystals of 4 were orthorhombic with a = 13.6000(8) A, b = 14.2252(8) A, c = 17.6500(10) A in the space group P2(1)2(1)2(1). [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Rhodium silyl boryl hydride complexes: Comparison of bonding and the rates of elimination of borane, silane, and dihydrogen
Cook, Kevin S.,Incarvito, Christopher D.,Webster, Charles Edwin,Fan, Yubo,Hall, Michael B.,Hartwig, John F.
, p. 5474 - 5477 (2007/10/03)
Spoilt for choice: a silane, dihydrogen, borane, or hydridoborate complex? The silyl boryl hydride complex [Cp*Rh(H2) (Et 3Si)(Bpin)] (Bpin = (pinacolato) boryl) could adopt any of these structures, but it appears to contain stronger B-H bonding than Si-H or H-H bonding and undergoes elimination of pinacolborane faster than of silane or hydrogen (see scheme). The bonding situation is studied by experimental and theoretical methods.