Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
5 years ago

Silylene–Nickel Promoted Cleavage of B−O Bonds: From Catechol Borane to the Hydroborylene Ligand

Silylene–Nickel Promoted Cleavage of B−O Bonds: From Catechol Borane to the Hydroborylene Ligand
Matthias Driess, Tibor Szilvási, Terrance J. Hadlington
A conquest of bonds: Silicon(II) and nickel(0) atoms combined in a complex are capable of breaking the extremely strong B−O bonds of the catechol borane, HB(cat), generating the first isolable hydroborylene nickel complex, whose blue color fills the sky in the picture. In their Communication (10.1002/anie.201702772), M. Driess et al. describe the synthesis and unprecedented reactivity of an acyclic silylene nickel(0) complex which yields the hydroborylene complex and even activates dihydrogen at 20 °C and 1 atm.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704556

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