Borane Mimics of Classic Organometallic Compounds: [(Cp*Ru)B8H14(RuCp*)]0,+, Isoelectronic Analogues of Dinuclear Pentalene Complexes

✍ Scribed by Sundargopal Ghosh; Bruce C. Noll; Thomas P. Fehlner

• Book ID: 101534969
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 117
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.200502212

✦ Synopsis

Like carbon, the element boron in combination with hydrogen displays rich catenation chemistry. [1] In contrast to carbon, its structural chemistry must reflect a more complex electronic structure which is associated with having to satisfy the same number of valence functions as carbon with one less electron per atom. [2] Hence, one fascinating aspect of metal-