Formation and characterization of the boron dicarbonyl complex [B(CO)2](-)

Qingnan Zhang; Wan-Lu Li; Cong-Qiao Xu; Mohua Chen; Mingfei Zhou; Jun Li; Diego M Andrada; Gernot Frenking

doi:10.1002/anie.201503686

Formation and characterization of the boron dicarbonyl complex [B(CO)2](-)

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Sep 14;54(38):11078-83. doi: 10.1002/anie.201503686. Epub 2015 Aug 4.

Authors

Qingnan Zhang¹, Wan-Lu Li², Cong-Qiao Xu², Mohua Chen¹, Mingfei Zhou³, Jun Li⁴, Diego M Andrada⁵, Gernot Frenking^{6

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Affiliations

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China).
² Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China).
³ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China). mfzhou@fudan.edu.cn.
⁴ Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China). junli@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁵ Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35043 Marburg (Germany).
⁶ Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35043 Marburg (Germany). frenking@chemie.uni-marburg.de.
⁷ Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia (Spain). frenking@chemie.uni-marburg.de.

PMID: 26246464
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503686

Abstract

We report the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of the boron dicarbonyl complex [B(CO)2 ](-) . The bonding situation is analyzed and compared with the aluminum homologue [Al(CO)2 ](-) using state-of-the-art quantum chemical methods.

Keywords: bonding analysis; boron dicarbonyl compound; matrix isolation; quantum chemical calculations.