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Important steric effects resulting from the additional substituent at boron within scorpionate complexes containing ?<sup>3</sup>-NNH coordination modes
The complexes [Ru(Tai)H(PPh3)2] (4) [Tai = HB(7-azaindolyl)3] and [Ru(ArBai)H(PPh3) 2] [ArBai = Ar(H)B(7-azaindolyl)2; Ar = phenyl (5), mesityl (6) and 2-naphthyl (7)] have been prepared and fully characterised. Structural characterisation of complexes 4, 5 and 7 confirmed the expected ?3-NNH coordination mode of the azaindolyl-based ligands. In all complexes, the borohydride unit is located trans to the hydrido ligand, and the two triphenylphosphane ligands occupy sites trans to the two nitrogen donors. The strong Ru?H-B interaction means that the third substituent at the boron atom is held in close proximity to the ruthenium centre. In the case of complex 7, rotation of the naphthyl group about the boron centre is hindered by the triphenylphosphane substituents. The synthesis of a number of ruthenium hydride complexes containing azaindole-based scorpionate ligands is reportedherein. The scorpionate ligands bind to the metal centre with ?3-NNH coordination modes. The strong borohydride?metal interaction pulls the additional substituent at the boron atom towards the bulky triphenylphosphane ligands