title: Phosphine-triggered co-catenation of :BR and CO on an iron atom.
abstract: The chain gang: By treatment of an iron bis(borylene) complex with PCy3 and subsequent stepwise substitution of a CO ligand by PMe3 , a catenated 1D OC-B-B-CO chain was generated in the coordination sphere of iron. This is an CO analogue of the recently reported 1D B-B-B-B chain in the iron tetraboron complex [(OC)2Fe{BN(SiMe3)2}2(BDur)2]. Dur=2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany) http://www-anorganik.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/Braunschweig/. h.braunschweig@uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radacki
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Damme
keywords: borylene; carbonyl; catenation; iron; phosphine