Metallaborane reaction chemistry. A predicted and found tailored facile and reversible capture of SO2 by a B-frame-supported bimetallic: structures of [(PMe2Ph)2PtPd(phen)B10H10] and [(PMe2Ph)2Pt(SO2)Pd(phen)B10H10]

Abstract

The formally closo twelve-vertex {ortho-M₂B₁₀} dimetallaborane system has been predictively tailored for reversible uptake of SO₂ across the metal–metal bond, as exemplified by the formation of [(PMe₂Ph)₂Pt(SO₂)Pd(phen)B₁₀H₁₀] from [(PMe₂Ph)₂PtPd(phen)B₁₀H₁₀].