SISC's Research Highlighted in Chemical Communications
The SISC group is excited to announce a new publication in Chemical Communications, featuring groundbreaking research on the reactivity of boron-chloride and boron-hydrogen bonds. The study, with contributions from Dr Ewan Clark, provides insights into the contrasting behaviours of these bonds when interacting with [Ni(IMes)2].
This work reveals that chloroboranes undergo oxidative addition, forming rare unsupported nickel-boryls. Conversely, the expected oxidative addition of hydridoboranes was not observed, with alternate reaction products identified. Computational studies underpinning this research shed light on the different mechanisms, attributing the variations to nucleophilic displacement in B–Cl bonds and high-energy bond cleavage in B–H bonds.
This publication underscores the collaborative efforts within the SISC group and partners, emphasising the importance of computational and experimental synergy in advancing our understanding of chemical reactivity. For a deeper dive into this study, read the full article in Chemical Communications here.