A square planar Ru(II) complex, that dehydropolymerizes amine boranes to selectively give high molecular BN-polymers at low (0.03 mol%) catalyst loadings and high ToF (250 s-1). And a hydroxy-hydride as the species formed in the induction period as a bonus! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ambre and Anne-Fred's work exploring Ru-ZnH heterometallics now out in Inorganic Chemistry. Synthesis, mechanism, QTAIM, catalysis and more. In collaboration with the Whittlesey Group @bathchem.bsky.social – see pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

ZnH2 as a Precursor to Catalytically Active Ru–ZnH Heterometallic Complexes

Reaction of [Ru(IPr)2(CO)H][BArF4] (1; IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene; BArF4 = B{3,5(CF3)2C6H3}4) with an excess of ZnH2 in THF gives the structurally characterized neutral Ru...

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Our latest SMOM paper now out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Single-crystal to single-crystal methane and ethane activation at an Ir-pincer complex. Molecular solid-state reactivity, neutron-diffraction, SSNMR, Periodic-DFT & inverse isotope effects. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

An Operationally Unsaturated Iridium-Pincer Complex That C–H Activates Methane and Ethane in the Crystalline Solid-State

The known complex [Ir(tBu-PONOP)MeH][BArF4], 1[BArF4] [tBu-PONOP = κ3-2,6-(tBu2PO)2C5H3N); ArF = 3,5-(CF3)2(C6H3); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 8603], is a robust precursor for in crystallo single-cry...

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