CURADO DIANEZ , Natalia

At the beginning of this millennium our research group became involved in the study of metal-metal bonds following the unexpected discovery of decamethyldizincocene, [fórmula], the first complex with a direct Zn-Zn bond unsupported by bridging ligands. In the following years other complexes of this type were prepared and characterized. One year...

A stable Nickel(II) methyl complex containing a diphosphinoboryl (PBP) pincer ligand is described. Mechanistic studies on the hydrogenolysis of the Ni-Me bond suggest a metal ligand cooperation mechanism that involves the intermediacy of a - B‒H Ni(0) species that further undergoes B‒H oxidative addition to form a Ni(II) hydride complex.