Rational design of nickel–borane complexes for methane activation and functionalization

Abstract

Efficient utilization of earth-abundant methane provides a sustainable protocol to solve both the greenhouse effect and the increasing energy crisis. Here, we rationally designed active nickel-borane (Ni-B) complexes for the...

Mechanistic insights into facilitating reductive elimination from Ni(ii) species

“…56,57,63 Alternatively, Z-type ligand-assisted reductive elimination (mode C) is also determined to be a potential mechanism during this transformation. 62,64,65 In this case, the Z-type metalloligand acts as a s-acceptor ligand during dative bonding with Ni. A filled d-orbital of Ni provides an electron pair to an unfilled s-orbital of the metalloligand.…”