Symmetric 4,5,2,3-M(2)C(2)B(9) 13-vertex bimetallacarboranes of cobalt and ruthenium with 14 skeletal electron pairs are afforded by reduction and metallation of 3,1,2-MC(2)B(9) icosahedra; the symmetric species can be converted to their asymmetric 4,5,1,6-M(2)C(2)B(9) isomers by heat, but an easier route is by thermolysis of the reduced species before metallation.
Unanticipated complexity: The first example of a 4,1,11‐MC2B10 metallacarborane (see picture; Ru magenta, B pink, C gray, H white) is reported. Reduction and metalation of 1,12‐Ph2‐1,12‐closo‐C2B10H10 at both room temperature and low temperature yields no fewer than five isomeric supraicosahedral metallacarborane products. Calculations identify two initial nido‐[C2B10H12]2− species, each with one C atom that is not in the open face.
Unerwartet komplex: Das erste 4,1,11‐MC2B10‐Metallacarboran (siehe Bild; Ru magenta, B rosa, C grau, H weiß) wird vorgestellt. Durch Reduktion und Metallierung von 1,12‐Ph2‐1,12‐closo‐C2B10H10 bei Raumtemperatur oder bei niedriger Temperatur entstehen fünf isomere superikosaedrische Metallacarborane. Zwei nido‐[C2B10H12]2−‐Spezies, in denen sich jeweils ein C‐Atom nicht an der offenen Fläche befindet, wurden in Rechnungen als Intermediate identifiziert.
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