Towards Homoleptic Borylene Complexes: Incorporation of Two Borylene Ligands into a Mononuclear Iridium Species

Abstract

Place two B: The isolation of the first terminal, mononuclear bis(borylene) complex (see structure) represents a significant step towards the synthesis of homoleptic borylene complexes, and also provides deeper insight into the bonding characteristics of borylene complexes in general. A preliminary elucidation of the question of how two terminal BR ligands affect each other when bound to the same metal center is presented. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.