Bis[1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phen-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl-idene]dinitros-yl(tetra-hydro-borato-?H,H')tungsten(0).

ABSTRACT: In the title paramagnetic 19-electron neutral complex, [W(BH(4))(C(21)H(24)N(2))(2)(NO)(2)], the W(0) atom is coordinated by two 1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phen-yl)imidazol-2-yl-idene (IMes) carbene ligands, two NO groups and two H atoms of an ?(2)-tetra-hydro-borate ligand. Depending on the number of coordination sites (n) assigned to the BH(4) (-) ligand, the coordination geometry of the W atom may either be described as approximately trigonal-bipyramidal (n = 1) or as very distorted octa-hedral with the bridging H atoms filling two coordination positions (n = 2). In the latter case, the coplanar NO groups and bridging H atoms (r.m.s. deviation = 0.032?Å) form one octa-hedral plane, with mutually trans-oriented carbene ligands. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected via C-H?O inter-actions.

SUBMITTER: Fraga-Hernandez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3050354 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature