Reactivity with Amines of Bis(cyanamide) and Bis(cyanoguanidine) Complexes of the Iron Triad

Treatment of bis(cyanamide) [M(N≡CNEt₂)₂L₄](BPh₄)₂ and bis(cyanoguanidine) [M{N≡CN(H)C(NH₂)=NH}₂L₄](BPh₄)₂ complexes [M = Fe, Ru, Os; L = P(OEt)₃] with an excess of amine RNH₂ (R = nPr, iPr) affords mixed‐ligand complexes with cyanamide and amine [M(NH₂R)(N≡CNEt₂)L₄](BPh₄)₂ ( 1a – 5a ) and [M(NH₂R){N≡CN(H)C(NH₂)=NH}L₄](BPh₄)₂ ( 1b , 2b ). The complexes were characterized by spectroscopy and X‐ray crystal structure determination of [M(NH₂iPr)(N≡CNEt₂){P(OEt)₃}₄](BPh₄)₂ [M = Ru ( 3a ), Os ( 5a )].     

Syntheses and Catalytic Hydrogenation Performance of Cationic Bis(phosphine) Cobalt(I) Diene and Arene Compounds

Chloride abstraction from [(R,R)‐(^iPrDuPhos)Co(μ‐Cl)]₂ with NaBAr^F₄ (BAr^F₄=B[(3,5‐(CF₃)₂)C₆H₃]₄) in the presence of dienes, such as 1,5‐cyclooctadiene (COD) or norbornadiene (NBD), yielded long sought‐after cationic bis(phosphine) cobalt complexes, [(R,R)‐(^iPrDuPhos)Co(η²,η²‐diene)][BAr^F₄]. The COD complex proved substitutionally labile undergoing diene substitution with tetrahydrofuran, NBD, or arenes. The resulting 18‐electron, cationic cobalt(I) arene complexes, as well as the [(R,R)‐(^iPrDuPhos)Co(diene)][BAr^F₄] derivatives, proved to be highly active and enantioselective precatalysts for asymmetric alkene hydrogenation. A cobalt–substrate complex, [(R,R)‐(^iPrDuPhos)Co(MAA)][BAr^F₄] (MAA=methyl 2‐acetamidoacrylate) was crystallographically characterized as the opposite diastereomer to that expected for productive hydrogenation demonstrating a Curtin–Hammett kinetic regime similar to rhodium catalysis.     

含吡啶二脲配体汞(II)、镉(II)配合物的合成及其晶体结构

以2,2′-二氨基二苯醚和4-吡啶异氰酸酯反应合成了含吡啶二脲配体(L),并分别与HgCl_2和Cd(ClO_4)2进行了配位反应,得到2个配位聚合物{[Hg(L)Cl_2]·2DMF}_n(1)和{[Cd(L)_2(H_2O)_2](ClO_4)_2·4DMF·2H_2O·2CH_3OH}_n(2),采用1H NMR、MS、FTIR和元素分析等对化合物L进行了表征。通过X射线单晶衍射技术测定了配体及2个配合物的单晶结构,结构解析表明,2个配合物均为一维链状结构。进一步考察了2个配合物的热稳定性及其对甲醇蒸气的吸附性能。     

Hexanuclear Gold(I) Phosphide Complexes as Platforms for Multiple Redox‐Active Ferrocenyl Units

The synthesis, X‐ray crystal structures, electrochemical, and spectroscopic studies of a series of hexanuclear gold(I) μ₃‐ferrocenylmethylphosphido complexes stabilized by bridging phosphine ligands, [Au₆(P?P)_n(Fc‐CH₂‐P)₂][PF₆]₂ (n=3, P?P=dppm (bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) ( 1 ), dppe (1,2‐bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) ( 2 ), dppp (1,3‐bis(diphenylphosphino)propane) ( 3 ), Ph₂PN(C₃H₇)‐PPh₂ ( 4 ), Ph₂PN(Ph‐CH₃‐p)PPh₂ ( 5 ), dppf (1,1′‐bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene) ( 6 ); n=2, P?P=dpepp (bis(2‐diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine) ( 7 )), as platforms for multiple redox‐active ferrocenyl units, are reported. The investigation of the structural changes of the clusters has been probed by introducing different bridging phosphine ligands. This class of gold(I) μ₃‐ferrocenylmethylphosphido complexes has been found to exhibit one reversible oxidation couple, suggestive of the absence of electronic communication between the ferrocene units through the Au₆P₂ cluster core, providing an understanding of the electronic properties of the hexanuclear Au^I cluster linkage. The present complexes also serve as an ideal system for the design of multi‐electron reservoir and molecular battery systems.     

Synthesis and Characterization of New Silicon and Titanium Derivatives of Bis(anilino)phosphine Oxide

The reactions of bis(anilino)phosphine oxide (C ₆ H ₅ NH) ₂ P(O) H with (C ₅ H ₅ )₂TiCl₂ or Me₂SiCl₂ in a 1:1 molar ratio in THF results in the isolation of new phosph(V)azane complexes (C₅H₅)₂Ti[(N C₆H₅)₂P(O)H] (1) or Cl ₂ Si[(N C ₆ H ₅ )₂P(O)H] (2), respectively. In these reactions, HCl or CH₄ elimination occurs and N-Ti or N-Si bonds form directly between a bis(anilino)phosphine oxide ligand and organotitanium or organosilicon compounds. The products(1) and (2) have been fully characterized by elemental analysis as well as ¹ H, ³¹ P, ²⁹ Si NMR, and IR spectroscopy.     

Syntheses,Crystal Structures,and Magnetic Properties of Carboxylate-Bridged Copper(II) Complexes with Bis(2-Pyridylmethyl)Amino Acids

Tetradentate Schiff-base carboxylate-containing ligands, bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino-5-valeric acid (Hpmva) and bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino-6-caproic acid (Hpmca), react with copper(II) perchlorate to give rise to the carboxylated bridged chain complexes {[Cu(μ-pmva)(H₂O)](ClO₄)}_n (1) and {[Cu(μ-pmca)(H₂O)](ClO₄)}_n (2). These complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystallography, spectroscopic, and variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. In 1 and 2, each of the copper(II) ions exhibit CuN₃O₂ coordination environments with the three nitrogen atoms of the ligand and one oxygen atom belonging to the carboxylate group of an adjacent molecule occupying the basal position and a water molecule coordinated in the axial position. The electronic spectra of the complexes are significantly affected by the coordination geometry. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that complexes exhibit very weak ferromagnetic interactions.     

Structural diversity in pseudohalide complexes of cadmium(II) with N-methylthiourea (Metu): Polymeric [Cd(Metu)2(NCS)2]n versus monomeric [Cd(Metu)2(CN)2]

Cadmium(II) complexes, catena-poly[bis(thiocyanato-κN)bis(N-methylthiourea)cadmium(II)], [Cd(Metu)₂(NCS)₂]_n (1) and dicyanidobis(N-methylthiourea)cadmium(II), [Cd(Metu)₂(CN)₂] (2) were prepared and their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray analysis. In 1, the cadmium(II) ion is bound to four sulfur atoms of bridging Metu ligands and two nitrogen atoms of thiocyanate adopting a distorted octahedral environment. In 2, the geometry around cadmium is distorted tetrahedral attained by two cyanide ions and two methylthiourea molecules bound through the sulfur atoms. The crystal structures of both complexes show intra and intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. The complexes were also characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy and the spectroscopic data were discussed in terms of the nature of bonding.     

Platinum complexes of oxopurines: cis‐bis(theophyllinato‐N7)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II) and cis‐chloro(theobrominato‐N1)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II) ethanol hemisolvate

The syntheses and structures of two mixed‐ligand complexes of platinum(II) with deprotonated oxopurine bases and tri­phenyl­phosphine are reported, namely the theophyllinate complex cis‐bis(1,2,3,6‐tetra­hydro‐1,3‐di­methyl­purine‐2,6‐dionato‐κN⁷)­bis(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐κP)­platinum(II), [Pt(C₇H₇N₄O₂)₂(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂], (I), and the theobrominate complex cis‐chloro(1,2,3,6‐tetrahydro‐3,7‐dimethylpurine‐2,6‐dionato‐κN¹)­bis(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐κP)­platinum(II) ethanol hemisolvate, [PtCl(C₇H₇N₄O₂)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·0.5C₂H₅OH, (II). In (I), the coordination geometry of Pt is square planar, formed by the two coordinating N atoms of the theophyl­linate anions in a cis arrangement and two P atoms from the tri­phenyl­phosphine groups. In (II), there are two crystallographically independent mol­ecules. They both exhibit a square‐planar coordination geometry around Pt involving one Cl atom, the coordinating N atom of the theobrominate anion and two P atoms from the tri­phenyl­phosphine groups. The two tri­phenyl­phosphine groups are arranged in a cis configuration in both structures. The heterocyclic rings are rotated with respect to the coordination plane of the metal by 82.99 (8) and 88.09 (8)° in complex (I), and by 85.91 (16) and 88.14 (18)° in complex (II). Both structures are stabilized by intramolecular stacking interactions involving the purine rings and the phenyl rings of adjacent tri­phenyl­phosphine moieties.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Bis(aminato)iridate(I) and Aminato‐Bridged Iridium(I) Complexes

The two dinuclear Ir^I complexes [Ir₂(μ‐Cl)₂ {(R)‐(S)‐PPF‐PPh₂}₂] ( 1 ; (R)‐(S)‐PPF‐PPh₂=(S)‐1‐(diphenylphosphino)‐2‐[(R)‐1‐(diphenylphosphino)ethyl]ferrocene and [Ir₂(μ‐Cl)₂{(R)‐binap}₂] ( 3 ; (R)‐binap=(R)‐[1,1′‐binaphthalene]‐2,2′‐diylbis[diphenylphosphine]) smoothly react with 4 equiv. of the lithium salt of aniline to afford the new bis(anilido)iridate(I) (=bis(benzenaminato)iridate(1‐)) complexes Li[Ir(NHPh)₂{(R)‐(S)‐PPF‐PPh₂}] ( 4 ) and Li[Ir(NHPh)₂{(R)‐binap}] ( 5 ), respectively. The anionic complexes 4 and 5 react upon protonolysis to give the dinuclear aminato‐bridged derivatives [Ir₂(μ‐NHPh)₂{(R)‐(S)‐PPF‐PPh₂}₂] ( 6 ) and [Ir₂(μ‐NHPh)₂{(R)‐binap}₂] ( 7 ), which were characterized by X‐ray crystallography. None of the new complexes 4 – 7 shows catalytic activity in the hydroamination of olefins.     

Syntheses,Crystal Structures,and Properties of Metal(II) Coordination Polymers based on Flexible Ligand 1,3‐Bis(4‐phenoxy)benzenedicarboxylic Acid and Bis(benzimidazole)

Three new coordination polymers, [Zn(PBDC)(bbbm)_0.5]_n ( 1 ), [Co(PBDC)(bbbm)]_n ( 2 ), and [Cd(PBDC)(bbbm)]_n ( 3 ) were prepared via hydrothermal reactions of different metal(II) nitrates with flexible 1,3‐bis(4‐phenoxy)benzenedicarboxylic acid (H₂L) and 1,1‐(1,4‐butanediyl)bis(benzimidazole) ligand. All these complexes were fully characterized by elemental analysis, FT‐IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), powder X‐ray diffraction, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Structure analyses revealed that complex 1 has a 2D→2D twofold interpenetrating framework simplified by a 4‐connected sql net with point symbol (4⁴.6²), whereas complexes 2 and 3 are isostructural and exhibit a 2D→2D twofold interpenetrating framework rationalized as a three‐connected hcb net with point symbol (6³). Complexes 1 – 3 further expand to 3D supramolecular structures through non‐covalent C–H ··· O interactions. Additionally, the luminescent and magnetic properties of some of these complexes were studied. Complex 3 presents ideal photoluminescent behavior, whereas complex 2 shows antiferromagnetic coupling between the central Co^II ions, suggesting its latent application in magnetic material.     

Eu(NTf2)3催化吲哚与醛(酮)反应合成二吲哚基甲烷

二(三氟甲基磺酰)亚胺铕(III) [Eu(NTf₂)₃, Tf＝SO₂CF₃]作催化剂, 吲哚与醛(酮)在室温下发生亲电取代反应合成了一系列二吲哚基甲烷, 产率85%～98%. 该法反应条件温和、时间短、催化剂用量少且可以回收重复使用.     

Heteroleptische Diorganylzink-Verbindungen mit einem Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphanido-Substituenten

Heteroleptic Diorganylzinc Compounds with a Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido Substituent Dialkylzinc ZnR₂ (Me, Et, iso-Pr, nBu, tBu, CH₂SiMe₃) reacts with one equivalent of bis(trimethylsilyl)-phosphine in carbohydrates to the heteroleptic compounds RZnP(SiMe₃)₂; dependent from the steric demand of the alkyl group R the derivatives are dimeric or trimeric in solution as well as in the solid state. Monomeric bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido-tris(trimethylsilyl)methylzinc yields from the reaction of lithium tris(trimethylsilyl)methanide and lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide with zinc(II) chloride. Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido-methylzinc crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁ with {a = 1 007.6(1); b = 1 872.3(3); c = 2 231.0(4) pm; Z = 4} as a trimeric molecule with a central cyclic Zn₃P₃ moiety in the twist-boat conformation. Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido-n-butylzinc, that crystallizes in the orthorombic space group Pben with {a = 1 261.7(2); b = 2 253.0(4); c = 1 798.9(2) pm; Z = 4}, shows a simular central Zn₃P₃ fragment. The sterically more demanding trimethylsilylmethyl substituent leads to the formation of a dimeric molecule of bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido-trimethylsilylmethylzinc {monoklin, P2₁/c; a = 907.2(4); b = 2 079.8(8), c = 1 070,2(3) pm; β = 103,48(1)°; Z = 2}. Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido-iso-propylzinc shows in solution a temperature-dependent equilibrium of the dimeric and trimeric species; the crystalline state contains a 1:1 mixture of these two oligomers {orthorhombisch; Pbca; a = 1 859.0(3); b = 2 470.9(2); c = 3 450.7(3) pm; Z = 8}. The Zn? P bond lengths vary in a narrow range around 239 pm, the Zn? C distances were found between 196 and 203 pm.     

Bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes: synthesis,crystal structure and application to catalytic Suzuki reaction

New bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes, [Pd(H₂O)₄][Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2H₂O (1), (n-Bu₄N)₂[Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2H₂O (2a), and (n-Bu₄N)₂[Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2CHCl₃ (2b) (2,6-Me₂pma = N-2,6-dimethylphenyoxamate and n-Bu₄N⁺ = tetra-n-butylammonium), have been synthesized and the structures of 1 and 2b characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 is a double salt constituted by tetraaquapalladium(II) cations and bis(oxamato)palladate(II) anions interlinked by hydrogen bonds. The palladium(II) ions in 1 are four-coordinate with two oxygens and two nitrogens from two fully deprotonated oxamate ligands (anion), and four water molecules (cation) building centrosymmetric square-planar surroundings. Centrosymmetric bis(oxamato)palladate(II) anions occur in 2b as in 1, the charge balance in this compound being ensured by the bulky n-Bu₄N⁺. The catalytic role of 1 and 2a for the Suzuki reaction has been investigated by using a series of aryl iodide/bromide derivatives in the conventional organic medium dimethylformamide. The tetraaquapalladium(II) unit in 1 appears to be active in the catalytic Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, but it readily decomposes to inactive palladium black.     

Ansa‐Bridged Bis(benzene) Titanium Complexes

Taking advantage of an improved synthesis of [Ti(η⁶‐C₆H₆)₂], we report here the first examples of ansa‐bridged bis(benzene) titanium complexes. Deprotonation of [Ti(η⁶‐C₆H₆)₂] with nBuLi in the presence of N,N,N′,N′′,N′′‐pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (pmdta) leads to the corresponding 1,1′‐dilithio salt [Ti(η⁶‐C₆H₅Li)₂] ? pmdta that enables the preparation of the first one‐ and two‐atom‐bridged complexes by simple salt metathesis. The ansa complexes were fully characterized (NMR spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and X‐ray crystallography) and further studied electrochemically and computationally. Moreover, [Ti(η⁶‐C₆H₆)₂] is found to react with the Lewis base 1,3‐dimethylimidazole‐2‐ylidene (IMe) to give the bent sandwich complex [Ti(η⁶‐C₆H₆)₂(IMe)].     

Fluoride‐terminated hyperbranched poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide)s via nucleophilic aromatic substitution

A series of AB_x‐type triarylphosphine oxide monomers, bis‐(4‐fluorophenyl)‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)phosphine oxide ( 4a ), bis‐(3,4‐difluorophenyl)‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)phosphine oxide ( 4b ), and 4‐hydroxyphenyl‐bis‐(3,4,5‐trifluorophenyl)phosphine oxide ( 4c ) were prepared, characterized, and polymerized under nucleophilic aromatic substitution conditions [N‐methylpyrrolidone (NMP), K₂CO₃] to provide the corresponding hyperbranched poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide)s with number‐average molecular weights ranging from 9200 to 14,600 Da. NMR spectroscopic analysis indicated the presence of highly branched products with an approximate degree of branching of 0.57. The polymers were soluble in a variety of typical organic solvents and displayed excellent thermal stability. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 1456–1467, 2002     

Three Silver(I) Coordination Polymers Constructed from Flexible Bis(benzimidazole) and Carboxylates Ligands

Under hydrothermal conditions, three new Ag^I coordination polymers, [Ag(L1)(Hmip)]_n ( 1 ), [Ag(L2)_0.5(ndc)_0.5]_n ( 2 ), and {[Ag(L3)_0.5(Htbi)] · 0.25H₂O}_n ( 3 ) [H₂mip = 5‐methylisophthalic acid, L1 = 1,4‐bis(2‐methylbenzimidazol‐1‐ylmethyl)benzene, H₂ndc = 2,6‐naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, L2 = 1,3‐bis(2‐methylbenzimidazol‐1‐ylmethyl)benzene, H₂tbi = 5‐tert‐butyl isophthalic acid, L3 = 1,4‐bis(5,6‐dimethylbenzimidazole)butane] were synthesized by employing flexible bis(benzimidazole) and dicarboxylic acid ligands. Polymer 1 displays a 2D 4‐connected 4L2 underlying net topology with the point symbol of (6⁵.8) in standard representation. Compound 2 possesses a 2D uninodal 4‐connected Shubnikov tetragonal plane net (sql) based on a dinuclear Ag^I clusters with the point symbol (4⁴.6²), which is further extended into a 3D supramolecular framework by π–π interactions. Compound 3 possesses dinuclear molecular complex groups, which form chains by weak Ag–O (2.6 Å) coordination bonds, and further assembled into a 2D supramolecular layer by hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking interactions. These complexes exhibit intense fluorescent emissions in solid state. UV/Vis diffuse reflection spectra and the excellent catalytic activity for the degradation of the congo red azo dye in a Fenton‐like process are discussed.     

Discotic Liquid Crystals of Transition Metal Complexes VI. Monotropic Lamella Mesomorphism of Tetrakis(N-Alkyldithiolato)Dinickel(II) and Bis(N-Alkylxanthato)Nickel(II) Complexes

Abstract

It was found that each of the tetrakis(n-alkyldithiolato)dinickel(II), (C_n-DTA)₄-Ni₂, complexes where n-alkyl is n-pentyl through n-dodecyl, exhibits a broken-fan texture on cooling from an isotropic liquid, and that the phase gave a characteristic lamella structure X-ray diffraction powder pattern. Furthermore, the infrared spectrum of this phase is more similar to that of the isotropic liquid than that of the crystal. Therefore, the phase can be described as a monotropic lamella mesophase. Interestingly, each of the complexes of bis(n-alkylxanthato)nickel(II), (C_n-Xan)₂Ni, (n = 5, 7, 9, 11) exhibits double (triple) melting behavior via the isotropic liquid, whereas each of the complexes of (C_n-Xan)₂Ni (n = 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) shows ordinary single melting behavior. Such unique double melting accompanied by an even-odd effect appears to be the first example of this in the long chain substituted compounds. Each of the complexes of (C_n-Xan)₂ Ni (n = 9, 11, 12) has a monotropic lamella mesophase exhibiting a large broken fan texture.     

Cationic cobalt(I) carbonyl complexes containing secondary or tertiary phosphines. A direct synthesis from cobalt(II) salts

Cobalt(I) carbonyl complexes of formula [Co(CO)_n(P)_5?n]ClO₄ (n = 1, 2, 3; P = secondary or tertiary phosphine) have been prepared by reaction of CO under ambient conditions with Co(ClO₄)₂ · 6H₂O and phosphine in isopropyl alcohol. The chemical and spectroscopic properties of these complexes are described and the stoichiometry and mechanism of the carbonylation reaction discussed.     

High Fluorine Content Bis(fluoro‐Ponytailed) Bipyridine Palladium Complexes as Catalyst for Mizoroki‐Heck Reactions under Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis Conditions

Two highly fluorinated bipyridine derivatives, (4,4′‐bis(R_fCH₂OCH₂)‐2,2′‐bpy) {R_f = n‐C₁₀F₂₁ ( 1a ), n‐C₁₀F₂₃ ( 1b )}, have been synthesized starting from 4,4′‐bis(BrCH₂)‐2,2′‐bpy and the corresponding fluorinated alkoxides. The fluorine contents of ligands 1a‐b are 62.3% and 63.3%, respectively, both being white solids, virtually insoluble in CH₂Cl₂ or DMF and highly fluorophilic with a partition ratio between DMF and n‐C₈F₁₈ less than 1:1000. The reaction of ligands 1a‐b with [Pd(CH₃CN)₂Cl₂] results in novel Pd complexes [PdCl₂(4,4′‐bis‐(R_fCH₂OCH₂)‐2,2′‐bpy)] where R_f = n‐C₁₀F₂₁ ( 2a ), n‐C₁₀F₂₃ ( 2b ), respectively. The Pd complexes 2a‐b are pale yellow solids, soluble only in fluorinated solvents. The Pd complexes 2a‐b have been satisfactorily tested for Mizoroki‐Heck arylation under fluorous biphasic catalysis conditions in that the Pd complexes 2a‐b are easily recovered and maintain good catalytic activity after 8 consecutive cycles (> 90% yield). The TGA studies indicate that the Pd complexes 2a‐b are thermally stable up to 300 °C.     

First Bis(σ)-borane Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metals: Experimental and Theoretical Studies

A series of bis(σ)-borane complexes of Group 6 transition metals were prepared by direct dihydroborane coordination to the metal center. Reaction of [M(CO)₃(PCy₃)₂] and two dihydroboranes [DurBH₂] and [(Me₃Si)₂NBH₂] (Dur=2,3,5,6-Me₄C₆H) yielded bis(σ)-borane complexes fac-[M(CO)₃(PCy₃){η²-(H₂BR)}] (R=Dur; 1 : M=Cr, 2 : M=W; R=N(SiMe₃)₂; 3 : M=Cr, 4 : M=W). In the case of molybdenum, we have isolated an arene complex ( 5 ) with [DurBH₂] in which the Dur group acts as a η⁶-bound ligand, and with [(Me₃Si)₂NBH₂] a similar bis(σ)-borane complex was isolated, cis,trans-[Mo(CO)₂(PCy₃)₂{η²-(H₂BN(SiMe₃)₂}] ( 6 ), with a different pattern of auxiliary ligands. The complexes were investigated by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction analysis, and computational methods. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) calculations demonstrated that the borane complexes may be described as pure bis(σ)-borane complexes rather than elongated or stretched examples given that the calculations do not show the presence of a ring-critical point (RCP) at the ring formed by the interactions of the B−H with metal center.