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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 58(23): 3795-3798, 2022 Mar 18.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35234221
RESUMO
Ligands that include Lewis acid/base functionality have extensive applications in bifunctional catalysis using first row metals. In this work, zinc bis(amido), bis(thiolate) and amido-thiolate SNS complexes were prepared and compared as precatalysts for carbonyl hydroboration using pinacolborane. Mechanistic studies revealed two different ligand-assisted precatalyst activation pathways, both leading to an active and robust zinc alkoxide catalyst. This work furthers our understanding of metal-ligand cooperation in first-row metal catalysis.