title: Primary amido substituted diborane4 compounds and imidodiborate4 anions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
authors.forename: R Angharad
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Baber
authors.forename: Jonathan P H
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Charmant
authors.forename: Alistair J R
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Natalie E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Farthing
authors.forename: Mairi F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Haddow
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: A Guy
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Orpen
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Slattery