Bonding mode of a new bis-phosphine-borane alkyl ligand to a Rh(i) species

Abstract

The stoichiometric reaction of [Rh(COD)Cl](2) with the anion resulting from the deprotonation of dppm(BH(3))(2) yielded a new alkyl Rh(I) complex; the coordination modes of the BH(3) groups are discussed on the basis of X-ray data, variable temperature multinuclear NMR experiments and DFT studies.