Transition metal tetrahydridoborates as models of methane activation: synthesis and structure of Ti(BH4)3(PMe3)2

Abstract
The X-ray crystal structure of Ti(BH4)3(PMe3)2 shows that two of the BH4 groups possess unusual geometries involving interaction of the titanium centre with one B–H bond in a ‘side-on’ manner; this geometry resembles one proposed transition state for the approach of a molecule of methane to a transition metal leading to C–H bond cleavage.

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