title: The hafnium-mediated NH activation of an amido-borane.
abstract: Treatment of Cp(2)HfCl(2) with two equivalents of LiNH(2)BH(C(6)F(5))(2) in toluene solution yields Cp(2)Hf{NHBH(C(6)F(5))(2)}, which has been crystallographically characterised. The otherwise base-free [NHBH(C(6)F(5))(2)] complex is stabilised by an agostic interaction.
authors.affiliation: Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Anna-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wright