The catalytic dehydrocoupling reactions of Me2NH.BH3 and Ph2PH.BH3 using the rhodium precatalyst [Rh(1,5-cod)(mu-Cl)]2 were found to proceed by different mechanisms: heterogeneous involving Rh(0) meta...
In depth, comparative studies on the catalytic dehydrocoupling of the amine-borane adduct Me(2)NH.BH(3) (to form [Me(2)N-BH(2)](2)) and the phosphine-borane adduct Ph(2)PH.BH(3) (to form Ph(2)PH-BH(2)...
Coordination of an ambiphilic diphosphine-borane (DPB) ligand to the RhCl(CO) fragment affords two isomeric complexes. According to X-ray diffraction analysis, each complex adopts a square-pyramidal g...
The reaction between the phosphine-borane-substituted alkene [Pr(n)(2)P(BH(3))](Me(3)Si)C[double bond]CH(2) and elemental lithium in THF yields the complex [(pmdeta)Li[Pr(n)(2)P(BH(3))](Me(3)Si)CCH(2)...
Reaction of vanadocene [V(Cp)2] with "activated" nitrile R1CN.L (L: Lewis acid), obtained by the reaction of borane adducts (L = BR3; R = C6F5, 2,6-F2C6H3, 3,4,5-F3C6H2) with nitriles (CH3CN, F3CC6H4C...
The phosphinoborane adduct H(3)P x B(C(6)F(5))(3) can be deprotonated using LiN(SiMe(3))(2) to give the phosphidoborate salt Li[H(2)PB(C(6)F(5))(3)], which was converted to the phosphidodiborates Li[H...
Despite the improvements in cancer therapy during the past years, high-grade gliomas and many other types of cancer are still extremely resistant to current forms of therapy. Boron neutron capture the...