# US 4,394,321 A · Triarylboraneisocy ano metal compounds

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- Number: US 4,394,321 A
- Document ID: US4394321A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/320,216
- Filed: 1981-11-12
- Granted: 1983-07-19
- Earliest claimed: 1981-11-12
- Assignees: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Inventors: Michael M. Cone
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394321A

## CPC

- C07F 15/045: {without a metal-carbon linkage}
- C07F 5/02: Boron compounds
- C07F 13/00: Compounds containing elements of Groups 7 or 17 of the Periodic Table
- C07F 15/0013: {without a metal-carbon linkage}
- C07F 15/025: {without a metal-carbon linkage}
- C07F 15/065: {without a metal-carbon linkage}
- C07F: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins C07D487/22)

## Abstract

Bis(triarylboraneisocyano-N)-tetrakis-(alkylnitrile) and bis(triarylboraneisocyano-N)-bis-(alkyldinitrile) metal compounds.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Compounds having the general formula: ##STR3## wherein X is 0 or 1, Y is a positive integer of 1-50, M is a metal selected from the group of metals of groups IIA, IB, IIB, VIIB and VIII; provided that when M is Pd, Ag, Cd, Pt, Au or Hg, X is 0; Ar is an aryl or substituted aryl group having 6-10 carbon atoms; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are selected from groups consisting of alkyl and substituted alkyl groups having 1-6 carbon atoms, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl groups having 2-6 carbon atoms, aryl groups having 6-10 carbon atoms and when adjacent nitrile groups are cojoined alkylene groups having 1-4 carbon atoms.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The compound of claim 1 where M is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn and X is 1 and Cd and X is 0.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The compound of claim 1 wherein Ar is a group selected from the group consisting of phenyl and tolyl.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The compound of claim 1 wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of divalent nickel, divalent iron and trivalent iron and X is 1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The compound of claim 1 wherein the adjacent nitrile groups are cojoined with ethylene groups.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The compound of claim 2 wherein the adjacent nitrile groups are cojoined with ethylene groups.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3, 4)

The compound of claims 3 or 4 wherein the nitrile groups are cojoined with ethylene groups.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The compound of claim 5 wherein M is divalent nickel and Ar is phenyl.

### Claim 9

A compound of the formula [Ni[NC(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CN].sub.2 [NCBO.sub.3 ].sub.2 ].sub.y wherein y is a positive integer of from 1 to about 20.

### Claim 10

Compounds of the general formula: ##STR4## wherein Y is a positive integer of of 1-50; M is metal selected from the group consisting of Ni.sup.++, Fe.sup.++ and Fe.sup.+++ ; Ar is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, orthotolyl, paratolyl and mixtures thereof; R.sup.1 -R.sub.4 are the same or different and are selected from groups consisting of 1-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, butyl, and when adjacent nitrile groups are cojoined ethylidene and ethylene.