Issue 34, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The unique nido-five-vertex-〈B2〉-nido-ten-vertex conjuncto structure of [(η5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15] via an unexpected cluster-dismantling

Michael J. Carr,a   Sarath D. Perera,ab   Tomáš Jelínek,ac   Bohumil Štíbr,c   William Clegg,de   Colin A. Kilnera  and  John D. Kennedya  

a The School of Chemistry of the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
E-mail: j.d.kennedy@leeds.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1343 6401
Tel: +44 1343 6414

b The Chemistry Department of the Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

c The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Řež-by-Prague, The Czech Republic

d The School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) of Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

e CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, UK

Abstract

B16H20 and [RhCl2(η5-C5Me5)]2 with tmnd give [(η5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15], which has an unprecedented thirteen-vertex macropolyhedral cluster core based on a nido ten-vertex {MB9} subcluster and a nido five-vertex {MB4} subcluster fused with their open-face {B2} edges in common.

Graphical abstract: Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The unique nido-five-vertex-〈B2〉-nido-ten-vertex conjuncto structure of [(η5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15] via an unexpected cluster-dismantling

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B709470A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Jun 2007
Accepted
20 Jul 2007
First published
06 Aug 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 3559-3561

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Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The unique nido-five-vertex-〈B2〉-nido-ten-vertex conjuncto structure of [(η5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15] via an unexpected cluster-dismantling

M. J. Carr, S. D. Perera, T. Jelínek, B. Štíbr, W. Clegg, C. A. Kilner and J. D. Kennedy, Chem. Commun., 2007, 3559 DOI: 10.1039/B709470A

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