The siliconyl, boronyl, and iminoboryl ligands as analogues of the well-known carbonyl ligand: predicted reactivity towards dipolar cyclooligomerization in iron/cobalt carbonyl complexes†
Abstract
The Fe(CO)4(SiO), Co(CO)4(BO), and Co(CO)4(BNSiMe3) complexes analogous to the well-known Fe(CO)5 are predicted by density functional theory to undergo exothermic oligomerization to give the oligomers [Fe(CO)4]n(SinOn), [Co(CO)4]n(BnOn), and [Co(CO)4]2(B2N2Si2Me6) containing SinOn/BnOn/B2N2 rings with single bonds.