title: Diazoalkanes react with a bis(phosphino)borate copper(i) source to generate [Ph2BP(tBu)2]Cu(eta1-N2CR2), [Ph2BP(tBu)2]Cu(CPh2), and [Ph2BP(tBu)2]Cu-N(CPh2)(NCPh2).
abstract: [Ph2BP(tBu)2]Cu-L complexes react with diazoalkanes to generate structurally unusual eta1-diazoalkane adducts, a terminal carbene, and an eta1-azine adduct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Neal P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Mankad
authors.forename: Jonas C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003979:Diazonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D001881:Borates; D003979:Diazonium Compounds; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D003300:Copper