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Maximilian Dietz1,2, Merle Arrowsmith1,2, Stephan Reichl3
1Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
A cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene-stabilized 1,4-diborabenzene (DBB) ligand enables the isolation of 18-electron two-legged parent piano-stool Fe0 and Ru0 complexes, [(η6 -DBB)M(CO)2 ], the ruthenium complex being the first of its kind to be structurally characterized. [(η6 -DBB)Fe(CO)2 ] reacts with E4 (E=P, As) to yield mixed DBB-cyclo-E4 sandwich complexes with planar E4 2- ligands. Computational analyses confirm the strong electron-donating capacity of the DBB ligand and show that the E4 ligand is bound by four equivalent Fe-P σ bonds.
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