Hydrogen atom storage upon Z-class borane ligand functions: an alternative approach to ligand cooperation

GR Owen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Ligand cooperation has become an important strategy in the development of new transition
metal based transformations. By using this approach some remarkable new catalytic …

Golden jubilee for scorpionates: Recent advances in organometallic chemistry and their role in catalysis

C Pettinari, R Pettinari, F Marchetti - Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
This review aims to describe some recent trends in organometallic complexes containing
scorpionate ligands. Particular attention will be paid to the ligands structure, reagents, and …

Functional group migrations between boron and metal centres within transition metal–borane and–boryl complexes and cleavage of H–H, E–H and E–E′ bonds

GR Owen - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This feature article examines some of the recent advances in the chemistry of Z-type
transition metal–borane and X-type transition metal–boryl complexes. It focuses on the …

Acyclic boron-containing π-ligand complexes: η 2-and η 3-coordination modes

DJH Emslie, BE Cowie, KB Kolpin - Dalton Transactions, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclic boron-containing π-ligands such as boratabenzenes and borollides are well
established, in particular as supporting ligands. By contrast, the chemistry of acyclic boron …

Arene–ruthenium (ii) complexes containing inexpensive tris (dimethylamino) phosphine: highly efficient catalysts for the selective hydration of nitriles into amides

R García-Álvarez, J Díez, P Crochet… - Organometallics, 2011 - ACS Publications
The catalytic hydration of nitriles into amides, in water under neutral conditions, has been
studied using a series of arene–ruthenium (II) derivatives containing the commercially …

Quantifying the Donor Strength of Ligand-Stabilized Main Group Fragments

L Maser, C Schneider, L Vondung, L Alig… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Unusual binding properties, enabling the stabilization of elusive species, and beneficial
properties for homogeneous catalysts have been predicted and demonstrated for ligand …

Sequential Migrations between Boron and Rhodium Centers: A Cooperative Process between Rhodium and a Monosubstituted Borohydride Unit

A Iannetelli, G Tizzard, SJ Coles, GR Owen - Inorganic Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The sodium salt of a monosubstituted borohydride anion containing a 2-mercaptopyridyl unit
(mp) is reported herein. This compound was coordinated to a rhodium (I) center providing …

Scorpionate ligands based on 2-Mercaptopyridine: a ligand with a greater propensity to sting?

G Dyson, A Zech, BW Rawe, MF Haddow… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and characterization of the first platinum group metal complexes of the
recently reported ligand [H2B (mp) 2]−(where mp= 2-mercaptopyridyl) are presented herein …

Strong agostic-type interactions in ruthenium benzylidene complexes containing 7-azaindole based scorpionate ligands

N Tsoureas, J Nunn, T Bevis, MF Haddow… - Dalton …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The complexes [Ru (Tai) Cl {= C (H) Ph}(PCy3)](4) and [Ru (PhBai) Cl {= C (H)
Ph}(PCy3)](5)[where Tai= HB (7-azaindolyl) 3 and PhBai= Ph (H) B (7-azaindolyl) 2] have …

STRUCTURE AND CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF PALLADIUM(II) (ACETYLACETONATO- κ2O,O′)BIS(TRIS(DIETHYLAMINO)PHOSPHINE) …

MV Bykov, ZD Abramov, MV Pakhomova… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Springer
The structure of complex [Pd (acac){P (NEt2) 3} 2] BF4 (I) is determined by XRD. In the
crystal structure of I, the coordination sphere of palladium is characterized by a significantly …