Room-Temperature Functionalization of N2 to Borylamine at a Molybdenum Complex.
Maria F EspadaSoukaina BennaamaneQian LiaoNathalie Saffon-MerceronStéphane MassouEric ClotNoel NebraMarie Fustier-BoutignonNicolas MézaillesPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2018)
Intermolecular, stepwise functionalization by BH bonds of a (triphosphine)MoIV -nitrido complex generated by N2 splitting is reported. The imido-hydride and di-hydride-amido MoIV complexes have been isolated and characterized. Addition of PinBH to the [Mo(H)2 (N(BPin)2 )]+ complex at room temperature results in the liberation of borylamines from the metal center.