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    Binuclear Copper(I) Borohydride Complex Containing Bridging Bis(diphenylphosphino) Methane Ligands: Polymorphic Structures of [(µ2-dppm)2Cu2(η2-BH4)2] Dichloromethane Solvate

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    Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane copper(I) tetrahydroborate was synthesized by ligands exchange in bis(triphenylphosphine) copper(I) tetrahydroborate, and characterized by XRD, FTIR, NMR spectroscopy. According to XRD the title compound has dimeric structure, [(μ2-dppm)2Cu2(η2-BH4)2], and crystallizes as CH2Cl2 solvate in two polymorphic forms (orthorhombic, 1, and monoclinic, 2) The details of molecular geometry and the crystal-packing pattern in polymorphs were studied. The rare Twisted Boat-Boat conformation of the core Cu2P4C2 cycle in 1 is found being more stable than Boat-Boat conformation in 2

    Steric and Acidity Control in Hydrogen Bonding and Proton Transfer to <i>trans-</i>W(N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(dppe)<sub>2</sub>

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    The interaction of <i>trans-</i>W­(N<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(dppe)<sub>2</sub> (<b>1</b>; dppe = 1,2-bis­(diphenylphosphino)­ethane) with relatively weak acids (<i>p</i>-nitrophenol, fluorinated alcohols, CF<sub>3</sub>COOH) was studied by means of variable temperature IR and NMR spectroscopy and complemented by DFT/B3PW91-D3 calculations. The results show, for the first time, the formation of a hydrogen bond to the coordinated dinitrogen, W–NN···H–O, that is preferred over H-bonding to the metal atom, W···H–O, despite the higher proton affinity of the latter. Protonation of the core metalthe undesirable side step in the conversion of N<sub>2</sub> to NH<sub>3</sub>can be avoided by using weaker and, more importantly, bulkier acids
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