Iron pentacarbonyl ligands on silver scorpionates.
Guocang WangAnurag Noonikara-PoyilIsrael FernándezH V Rasika DiasPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
Fluorinated tris(pyrazolyl)borate supporting ligands enable the stabilization of silver(I) bonded to a neutral, organometallic Fe(CO) 5 ligand. The Ag-Fe interaction in these molecules is mainly electrostatic in nature, but σ-donor and backbonding contributions between the two metal fragments also play notable roles, which can be modulated by the scorpionate substituents.