Primary amido substituted diborane4 compounds and imidodiborate4 anions.
Treatment of the diborane(4) compound B(2)(NMe(2))(4) with aniline or 2,6-dimethylaniline results in the primary amido compounds B(2)(NHR)(4)(R = Ph, 2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3)); subsequent treatment with n-BuLi in toluene in each case affords the first examples of anionic imidodiborates namely Li(4)(thf)(6)B(2)(NPh)(4) and Li(4)(thf)(4)B(2)(N-2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3))(4); all complexes have been characterised crystallographically.
Baber
R Angharad
RA
University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
Charmant
Jonathan P H
JP
Cook
Alistair J R
AJ
Farthing
Natalie E
NE
Haddow
Mairi F
MF
Norman
Nicholas C
NC
Orpen
A Guy
AG
Russell
Christopher A
CA
Slattery
John M
JM