Cover Feature: Multisite Amino-Allylidene Ligands from Thermal CO Elimination in Diiron Complexes and Catalytic Activity in Hydroboration Reactions (ChemCatChem 18/2024)

Abstract

The Cover Feature represents the key intermediate in the hydroboration of a ketone promoted by a novel complex. The diiron scaffold together with the amino pendant of the hydrocarbyl ligand plays an important role in this process, with main interactions depicted as beam of lights, connecting the interacting moieties. In their Research Article, Marcello Crucianelli and co-workers present the synthesis of new diiron organometallic complexes bearing functionalities with different electronic and steric properties. A wide screening study of these molecules allowed to evaluate their catalytic activity in the hydroboration with pinacolborane, efficiently converting carbonyl compounds into organoboronates, under mild conditions. More information can be found in the Research Article by F. Marchetti, A. Di Giuseppe, M. Crucianelli, and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202400811).