Reversible B-H Bond Activation at Cationic Rh(III) Centres: Structural Characterization of Key Hydrogen-containing Intermediates

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Catalytic processes leading to the functionalization of organic molecules by boron-containing reagents are highly topical ¿ ranging from transition metal catalysed hydro- and diboration of multiple bonds to direct hydrocarbon C-H activation. We have been investigating the use of metal borylene complexes [LnM(BNR2)] in related functionalization chemistry, a goal which necessitates the direct synthesis of such compounds from readily available borane reagents, of the types H3B.NHR2 or H2BNR2. In attempting to determine mechanistic details for the conversion of H3B.NHR2 to LnM(BNR2) we have uncovered a reversible ¿hydrogen shuttling¿ process, and are seeking access to neutron diffraction experiments in order to unambiguously define the structures of key intermediate species.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079414
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079414
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Creator Dr Amber Thompson
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-06-30T12:26:01Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-07-27T04:17:49Z