Issue 4, 2004
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New Journal of Chemistry

Expanding metallaborane chemistry: an octahedral BH6 moiety supported through M–H–B bridges

Gemma Guilera,a   G. Sean McGrady,*b   Jonathan W. Steed*c  and  Nikolas Kaltsoyannis*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Strand, London, UK

b Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

c Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UK

d Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK

Abstract

The X-ray crystal structure of the complex [(triphos)Fe(μ,η4:η4-BH6)Fe(triphos)]+ in conjunction with spectroscopic data reveals a central unit formally described as BH63−; DFT calculations show why this ligand is stable for iron but not for the ruthenium analogue.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B401442C
Article type
Letter
Submitted
29 Jan 2004
Accepted
04 Feb 2004
First published
23 Feb 2004

New J. Chem., 2004,28, 444-446

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G. Guilera, G. Sean McGrady, J. W. Steed and N. Kaltsoyannis, New J. Chem., 2004, 28, 444 DOI: 10.1039/B401442C

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