title: Activation of boryl-, borylene and metalloborylene complexes by isonitriles.
abstract: The reactions of isonitriles with a variety of metalloboryl and metalloborylene species are shown to yield a range of products, none of which display the typical Lewis acid-base reactivity previously observed between such metal complexes and other Lewis bases. Insertions of one, or several, isonitriles into the metal-boron bond give cyclic and spiro compounds with bonding controlled by the electron count at the metal and in the ring.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. h.braunschweig@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ferkinghoff
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Siedler
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Werner