title: Unprecedented Borane, Diborane(3), Diborene, and Borylene Ligands via Pt-Mediated Borane Dehydrogenation.
abstract: Reactions of an aryldihydroborane with a Pt(0) complex lead to a range of novel products, including complexes with bridging diborene and diborane(3) ligands and a complex with both borylene and borane (M → B) ligands. The products imply varying degrees of dehydrogenation of the boron centers with concomitant formation of boron-boron bonds, which in one case is later broken. These reactions show that although the dehydrocoupling of dihydroboranes is not a straightforward process in this case, the reactions are capable of connecting boron atoms in unusual ways, leading to unprecedented bonding motifs.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rian D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dewhurst
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ewing