B(C6F5)(3) as a C6F5 transfer reagent in zirconium chemistry: facile formation of the borole-bridged triple-decker complex [Zr2Cp ''(2)(C6F5)(2){mu-eta(5):eta(5)-C4H4BCH2-eta(3),kappa F-CHCHCHB(C6F5)(3)}]
Tj. Woodman et al., B(C6F5)(3) as a C6F5 transfer reagent in zirconium chemistry: facile formation of the borole-bridged triple-decker complex [Zr2Cp ''(2)(C6F5)(2){mu-eta(5):eta(5)-C4H4BCH2-eta(3),kappa F-CHCHCHB(C6F5)(3)}], CHEM COMMUN, (4), 2001, pp. 329-330
Warming mixtures of (Cp-R)Zr(eta (3)-C4H7)(eta (4)-C4H6) and B(C6F5)(3) lea
ds to complete transfer of all three C6F5 substituents of a B(C6F5)(3) mole
cule to give borole-bridged triple-decker complexes with a Zr2C4B core, a z
witterionic structure and an unusually strong Zr-F donor interaction.