title: Contrasting reactivity of anionic boron- and gallium-containing NHC analogues: E-C vs. E-M bond formation (E = B, Ga).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QR.
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Protchenko
authors.forename: Liban M A
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Dragoslav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidovic
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dange
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mountford
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aldridge