Ambiphilic diphosphine-borane ligands: metal-->borane interactions within isoelectronic complexes of rhodium, platinum and palladium.

Rhodium(I) complexes of a PBP ambiphilic ligand: evidence for a metal-->borane interaction.

Molybdenum Catalyzed Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation: Oxidation State Specific Mechanisms

Though numerous catalysts for the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane (AB) are known, those that release >2 equiv of H2 are uncommon. Herein, we report the synthesis of Mo complexes supported by a para-terphenyl diphosphine ligand, 1, displaying metal-arene interactions. Both a Mo(0) N2 complex, 5, and a Mo(II) bis(acetonitrile) complex, 4, exhibit high levels of AB dehydrogenation, releasing ove...

A Survey of Anticancer Effect of Some Five- and Six-Membered Palladium (II) Complexes (Containing Bidentate Phosphorus Ligands) on Caco-2 Colon Cancer Cell Line

Background and Objectives: Transition metal complexes possess a variety of biological and pharmacological activities, such as antitumor, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and free radical scavenging. Many studies have been carried out on platinum-based chemotherapy agents, however, most attention has been paid to non-platinum metal-based agents in order to find different metal comp...

The Rhodium(III) Complexes of Aspartic and Glutamic Acids

The chelating tendencies of the alpha amino acids with platinum group metal ions are well known; with the dibasic acids, complexes have been reported involving palladium(II) and platinum (II) with both aspartic and glutamic acids. There is no mention of the successful synthesis of complexes between these acids and rhodium (III), however. This communication reports a method of preparation for th...

The Simplest Amino‐borane H2B=NH2 Trapped on a Rhodium Dimer: Pre‐Catalysts for Amine–Borane Dehydropolymerization

The μ-amino-borane complexes [Rh2 (L(R) )2 (μ-H)(μ-H2 B=NHR')][BAr(F) 4 ] (L(R) =R2 P(CH2 )3 PR2 ; R=Ph, (i) Pr; R'=H, Me) form by addition of H3 B⋅NMeR'H2 to [Rh(L(R) )(η(6) -C6 H5 F)][BAr(F) 4 ]. DFT calculations demonstrate that the amino-borane interacts with the Rh centers through strong Rh-H and Rh-B interactions. Mechanistic investigations show that these dimers can form by a boronium-me...