Krämer Felix, Radius Michael, Berberich Helga, Fernández Israel, Breher Frank
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 15, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Mar 22;58(24):3905-3908. doi: 10.1039/d2cc00199c.
The overall neutral α-borylated phosphorus ylide PhPC(Me)BEt behaves like a polar borataalkene and can act as acyclic, ambiphilic π-type ligand with L- and Z-type functionalities side by side. In the complexes [MX{η-PhPC(Me)BEt}] (M = Cu, (Ag), Au; X = Cl, NTf), the bonding is dominated by the highly nucleophilic ylidic carbon atom (L-type ligand). The Lewis acidic boron atom furnishes nonetheless a small but significant bonding contribution (Z-type ligand).