Transition-Metal Variation as a Probe of the Origins of Hypoelectronic Metallaboranes: Eight- and Ten-Vertex Open Ruthenaboranes

✍ Scribed by Sundargopal Ghosh; Alicia M. Beatty; Thomas P. Fehlner

• Book ID: 101558009
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 143 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352101

✦ Synopsis

Scheme 1. Stepwise conversion of 1 into [(Cp*RuH 2 ) 2 B 6 H 8 ] (4), [(Cp*Ru) 2 B 8 H 12 ] (5), and [(Cp*RuCO) 2 B 6 H 8 ] (6). Conditions: a) 608, BH 3 •THF; b) 908; c) 958, BH 3 •THF; d) 558, [Co 2 (CO) 8 ]. The structures shown are schematic representations, ÀHÀ indicates an H-bridged bond.