Synthesis and Reactivity of Diborane(4)yl Complexes Holger Braunschweig
aand Margot Koster
baDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AY, UK
bInstitut f¨ur Anorganische Chemie der Technischen Hochschule Templergraben 55, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Z. Naturforsch.57 b,483–487 (2002); received December 19, 2001 Boranes, Diboranes(4), Boryl Complexes
Reaction of various 1,2-dihalodiboranes(4) with Na[(5-C5H4R)M(CO)3] yielded the di- borane(4)yl complexes [X(Me2N)B-B(NMe2)f5-(C5H4R)M(CO)3g] (5, X = Cl, R = H, M = Mo; 6, X = Br, R = Me, M = Mo; 7, X = Br, R = H, M = W; 8, X = Br, R = Me, M = W) and [Cl(C4H8N)B-B(NC4H8)f5-(C5H5)W(CO)3g] (9). The reactivity of di- borane(4)yl complexes of the type [X(Me2N)B-B(NMe2)f5-(C5H5)M(CO)ng] (X = Cl, Br;
M(CO)n = Fe(CO)2, Mo(CO)3) with respect to substitution of X and CO, respectively, was investigated. The novel derivatives [MeO(Me2N)B-B(NMe2)f5-(C5H5)Mo(CO)3g] (10), [MeO(Me2N)B-B(NMe2)f5-(C5H5)Fe(CO)2g] (11), and [Br(Me2N)B-B(NMe2)f5-(C5H5)- Mo(CO)2(PMe3)g] (12) were obtained. All compounds were fully characterised in solution by NMR spectroscopy and by elemental analysis.