Palladium complexes with Pd-->B dative bonds: analysis of the bonding in the palladaboratrane compound [kappa4-B(mimBut)3]Pd(PMe3).
The dinuclear complex {[mu-kappa(1),kappa(3)-B(mim(Bu(t)))(3)]Pd}(2), which features a Pd-->B dative bond, may be obtained by the reaction of [Tm(Bu(t))]K with Pd(OAc)(2); treatment of {[mu-kappa(1),kappa(3)-B(mim(Bu(t)))(3)]Pd}(2) with PMe(3) affords the mononuclear boratrane derivative [kappa(4)-B(mim(Bu(t)))(3)]Pd(PMe(3)), for which a molecular orbital analysis indicates that the palladium center possesses a d(8) configuration.
Pang
Keliang
K
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York 10027, USA.
Quan
Stephanie M
SM
Parkin
Gerard
G