The reaction between [VCp
2], BPh
3, or BCl
3 and the nitrile F
3CC
6H
4C
N gives the boraneadduct of vanada(IV)azirine complex [VCp
2{
2:C,N-F
3CC
6H
4C=N·BR
3}] (R = Ph (
2), Cl (
3)).Using B(C
6F
5)
3 and dicyano compounds such as 1,4-benzene dicarbonitrile N
C(C
6H
4)C
Nand adiponitrile N
C(CH
2)
4C
N, an access to homobimetallic vanadium complexes wasobtained and complexes [(VCp
2)
2{
2:C,N-(C
6F
5)
3B·N=C(C
6H
4)C=N·B(C
6F
5)
3}] (
6) and [(VCp
2)
2{
2:C,N-(C
6F
5)
3B·N=C(CH
2)
4C=N·B(C
6F
5)
3}] (
8) are formed. Malononitrile N
CCH
2C
N inthe presence of 2 equiv of B(C
6F
5)
3 and 1 or 2 equiv of [VCp
2] gave the monometallic complex[(VCp
2){
2:C,N-(C
6F
5)
3B·N=CCH
2C
N·B(C
6F
5)
3}] (
7). Complexes
2,
3,
7, and
8 werecharacterized by X-ray structure determination. All these complexes are paramagnetic toone electron per vanadium.