title: A transition metal Lewis acid/base triad system for cooperative substrate binding.
abstract: A frustrated Lewis pair accessory functionality is positioned in the secondary coordination sphere of a terpyridine ligand (Tpy(BN) = 6-morpholino-2,2':6',2″-terpyridine-6″-boronic acid pinacol ester) to promote directed Lewis acid/base interactions. Following metalation with VCl3, the utility of the metal Lewis acid/base triad (LABT) is highlighted with N2H4 as a cooperatively coordinated substrate, affording the first η(2)-[N2H3](-) vanadium complex.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
authors: Oscar
authors: O
authors: Tutusaus
authors: Chengbao
authors: C
authors: Ni
authors: Nathaniel K
authors: NK
authors: Szymczak
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D058116:Lewis Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D058115:Lewis Bases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*; D017968:Vanadium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D058116:Lewis Acids; D058115:Lewis Bases; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017968:Vanadium Compounds; D014639:Vanadium; D009584:Nitrogen