More electron rich than cyclopentadienyl: 1,2-diaza-3,5-diborolyl as a ligand in ferrocene and ruthenocene analogs

Hanh V Ly; Jani Moilanen; Heikki M Tuononen; Masood Parvez; Roland Roesler

doi:10.1039/c1cc12281a

More electron rich than cyclopentadienyl: 1,2-diaza-3,5-diborolyl as a ligand in ferrocene and ruthenocene analogs

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 7;47(29):8391-3. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12281a. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Authors

Hanh V Ly¹, Jani Moilanen, Heikki M Tuononen, Masood Parvez, Roland Roesler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.

PMID: 21706075
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc12281a

Abstract

Ruthenium and iron sandwich complexes incorporating cyclopentadienyl analogs with CB(2)N(2)(-) skeletons were characterized. Electrochemical measurements supported by computational studies revealed that in combination with larger metal ions such as Ru the CB(2)N(2)(-) ligand can be more electron-rich than its organic counterpart.