This tutorial review showcases recent (2015–2021) work describing ligand construction as it
relates to the design of secondary coordination spheres (SCSs). Metalloenzymes, for …

Ligand design allows arranging ligand entities and functional groups in order to generate a
plethora of non-covalent interactions such as π stacking, H bridging, and Lewis acid-base …

Two borane-functionalized bidentate phosphine ligands that vary in tether length have been
prepared to examine cooperative metal–substrate interactions. Ni (0) complexes react with …

The make-up of a secondary coordination environment can regulate substrate reactivity and
product selectivity at a metal-containing active site. As a development in this area, many …

Metal–Lewis acid cooperation provides new opportunities in catalysis. In this work, we report
a new type of palladium–borane cooperation involving anionic Pd0 species. The air‐stable …

We disclose a 1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane (TACN) ligand featuring an appended boron Lewis
acid. Metalation with Cu (I) affords a series of tetrahedral complexes including a boron …

We present a ligand platform featuring appended ditopic Lewis acids to facilitate
capture/activation of diatomic substrates. We show that incorporation of two 9‐borabicyclo …

We disclose a suite of Ni (II) complexes featuring secondary sphere Lewis acids of varied
Lewis acidity and tether lengths. Several of these complexes feature atypical behavior of Ni …

Carbonyl and iminyl based radical anions are reactive intermediates in a variety of
transformations in organic synthesis. Herein, the isolation of ketyl, and more importantly …

We describe new compounds of stoichiometry M (CH2NMe2BH3) 3 (M= Ti, Cr, and Co),
each of which contains three chelating boranatodimethylaminomethyl (BDAM) ligands. In all …