Unusual reactivity of lanthanide borohydride complexes leading to a borane complex
- 29 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 31,p. 4693-4695
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b907193h
Abstract
Depending on the ionic radius of the central metal atom the BH4 −group, which usually reacts in lanthanide chemistry like a pseudo halide, can be involved in redox chemistry and the resulting product contains an N–BH3 unit, which binds in an unusual η2-fashion onto the metal atom.Keywords
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