nido↔closo Interconversion of Six-Vertex Metallacarboranes: Access to CoC2B3 and CoC2B4 Clusters with Nonadjacent Carbon Atoms
摘要:
Replacement of B-H hydrogen atoms with Cl or Br facilitates the previously unknown oxidative conversion of a nido- to a closo-6-vertex metallacarborane [Eq. (1); X=Cl, Br]. Oxidative cage closure, separation of carbon atoms upon thermal rearrangement, reductive cage opening, and cage expansion by boron insertion have all been applied to a single system, to afford synthetic access to new cluster types.
nido↔closo Interconversion of Six-Vertex Metallacarboranes: Access to CoC2B3 and CoC2B4 Clusters with Nonadjacent Carbon Atoms
摘要:
Replacement of B-H hydrogen atoms with Cl or Br facilitates the previously unknown oxidative conversion of a nido- to a closo-6-vertex metallacarborane [Eq. (1); X=Cl, Br]. Oxidative cage closure, separation of carbon atoms upon thermal rearrangement, reductive cage opening, and cage expansion by boron insertion have all been applied to a single system, to afford synthetic access to new cluster types.