title: The Sting of the Scorpion: A Metallaboratrane.
abstract: An unprecedented intramolecular B-H activation of a hydrotris(2-sulfanyl-1-methylimidazolyl)borate ligand coordinated to ruthenium has provided the first example of metallaboratranes. The remarkable ease with which the ruthenaboratrane 1 forms relative to the case with a hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand is a consequence of the lability of the chelation and the increased ring size of the chelates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, South Kensington, London SW7 2AY (UK).
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Williams