Contrasting reactivity of anionic boron- and gallium-containing NHC analogues: E-C vs. E-M bond formation (E = B, Ga).
The anionic Group 13 NHC analogues [(CHNDipp)(2)E](-) (E = B or Ga) display contrasting reactivity towards the half-sandwich titanium imido complex Cp*TiCl(NtBu)py; while the gallium system undergoes salt metathesis yielding the first example of a titanium gallyl compound, the more nucleophilic boryl anion generates a dearomatized pyridyl fragment via attack at the ligand 2-position.
Protchenko
Andrey V
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Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QR.
Saleh
Liban M A
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Vidovic
Dragoslav
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Dange
Deepak
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Jones
Cameron
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Mountford
Philip
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Aldridge
Simon
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