Benzyl anion abstraction from a (beta-diiminato)Fe(II) benzyl complex.
The 3-coordinate 12 VE iron(II) benzyl complex [(nacnac)-Fe(CH2Ph)] reacts with B(C6F5)3 to yield a paramagnetic contact ion pair with an eta 2-(o,m)-[PhCH2B(C6F5)3] anion, which was characterised by X-ray diffraction.
Sciarone
Timo J J
TJ
Dutch Polymer Institute/Center for Catalytic Olefin Polymerization, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Meetsma
Auke
A
Hesssen
Bart
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Teuben
Jan H
JH