Robert Choukroun (2414704)Christian Lorber (736495)Laure Vendier (1347666)
Reaction of malononitrile, NCCH<sub>2</sub>CN, with V(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>\nin toluene in the presence of 2 equiv of B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> afforded the\nvanadium(I) complex [V(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Me)<sub>2</sub>][(F<sub>5</sub>C<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub>B·NCCHCN·B-(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>], in which deprotonation of the malononitrile ligand\nand arene exchange at the vanadium center have occurred. In\nthe absence of malononitrile, a redox reaction was observed\nbetween V(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub> and the water adduct H<sub>2</sub>O·B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, which\ngave the vanadium(I) complex [V(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sub>2</sub>][(F<sub>5</sub>C<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub>BOB(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>].
Robert Choukroun (2414704)Christian Lorber (736495)Laure Vendier (1347666)
George J. P. Britovsek (1338111)Juri Ugolotti (2393140)Andrew J. P. White (1310940)
Karsten Koppe (2126239)Jamie Haner (1831111)Hélène P. A. Mercier (2126242)Hermann-J. Frohn (2126236)Gary J. Schrobilgen (1505116)
Yang Zhang (30734)Ruizhi Wang (508892)Yezhou Li (1428364)Zeyang Wang (3873793)Shu Hu (267877)Xiaoliang Yan (1945372)Yaxin Zhai (2562517)Chuang Zhang (2199421)ChuanXiang Sheng (6101819)
Larry R. Falvello (546330)Juan Forniés (2440423)Consuelo Fortuño (2539663)Fernando Durán (5234540)Antonio Martín (133724)