Nucleophilic substitution on a Ru-coordinated Cp ring by a carborane anion
Abstract
The Cp ring in [RuCl(Cp)(PPh3)2] undergoes an apparent nucleophilic attack by the carbanion carb−
(Hcarb = 2-Me-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane), to give an H−/carb− exchange process, which is favoured by coordination of the