Facile entry to 3d late transition metal boryl complexes.

Tran BL, Adhikari D, Fan H, Pink M, Mindiola DJ

Abstract

Mononuclear nickel and cobalt boryl complexes have been prepared via sigma-bond metathesis reactions and in the case of nickel, an intermediate comprised of a Lewis acid-base type adduct has been experimentally detected by (31)P NMR spectroscopy and its structure probed by DFT calculations.