Fig. 3: Electronic structure of compound 1 and a reported Mg(II)-boryl species.
From: A zinc boryl compound unlocks diverse reactivity pathways beyond nucleophilic borylation
The natural localized molecular orbital (NLMO) plots showing the orbital characters related to the metal-B sigma bonds for 1 (left) and the closely related Mg(II)-boryl species, [HC{(Me)CN(Dipp)}2Mg(DMAP)(Bpin) (right). DFT computation studies were carried out at the BP86 level of theory.
