An alternative route to cationic metallaheteroboranes
Abstract
The reaction between [2-l-2-(PPh3)-closo-2,1-PdTeB10H9(PPh3)] and excess of phosphine (PR3= PMe3 or PMe2Ph) afforded air-stable cationic palladatelluraboranes [2,2-(PR3)2-closo-2,1-PdTeB10H9(PPh3)]I 1(PR3= PMe3) or 2(PR3= PMe2Ph) which were characterised spectroscopically (IR and 11B NMR) and by an X-ray diffraction study of 1.