Lisa C Haufe, Lukas Endres, Merle Arrowsmith, Rüdiger Bertermann, Maximilian Dietz, Felipe Fantuzzi, Maik Finze, Holger Braunschweig
The 1,3-addition of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-dibromodiboranes (B2 Br2 Ar2 ) to trans -[W(N2 )2 (dppe)2 ] (dppe = κ2 -(Ph2 PCH2 )2 ), which is accompanied by a Br-Ar substituent exchange between the two boron atoms, is followed by a spontaneous rearrangement of the resulting tungsten diboranyldiazenido complex to a 2-aza-1,3-diboraallenylimido complex displaying a linear, cumulenic B=N=B moiety. This rearrangement involves the splitting of both the B-B and N=N bonds of the N2 B2 ligand, formal insertion of a BAr boranediyl moiety into the N=N bond, and coordination of the remaining BArBr boryl moiety to the terminal nitrogen atom...
October 24, 2023: Journal of the American Chemical Society