Secondary-sphere preorganization enables nickel-catalyzed nitrile hydroboration

M Afandiyeva, X Wu, WW Brennessel… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we describe nickel-catalyzed nitrile hydroboration with pinacolborane, wherein a
tethered NHC–pyridonate ligand enables efficient catalysis (5 mol%[Ni],≤ 6 h reaction time) …

A catalytic collaboration: pairing transition metals and Lewis acids for applications in organic synthesis

AD Dilinaer, GJ Jobin, MW Drover - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of metal catalysts to accelerate an organic transformation has proven indispensable
for access to structural motifs having applications across medicinal, polymer, materials …

Anomalous hydroboration at a four-coordinate Ni (II) diphenylvinylphosphine complex: Geometric impacts on solution equilibria

ML Clapson, BJH Austen, JA Zurakowski… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
For coordination compounds, reliable control of metal geometry and spin state is of great
interest, permitting control of reactivity and selectivity. As tuneable outputs, these …

Ynone Co-Coordination at a Nickel Borane Complex: An Assessment of Secondary Coordination Sphere Effects

ML Clapson, AD Dilinaer, TCQ Lanaque… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Secondary coordination sphere ligand effects can be used to direct or organize small
molecule substrates at a metal center. Herein, we assess the bifunctional ambiphilic …

Tridentate κ 3-P, P, C Iridium Complexes: Influence of Ligand Saturation on Intramolecular C—H Bond Activation

MJ Demchuk, JA Zurakowski, MW Drover - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Whereas k3-P, C, P-based donor ligands are ubiquitous across synthetic chemistry, related
unsymmetric systems having 3-P, P, C-coordination are comparatively rare. In this …