Issue 35, 2015

Reduction-induced facile isomerisation of metallacarboranes: synthesis and crystallographic characterisation of 4-Cp-4,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11

Abstract

One-electron reduction of 3-Cp-3,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11 followed by heating to reflux in DME (b.p. 85 °C) induces isomerisation to 4-Cp-4,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11, a compound previously only synthesised at much higher temperatures (>380 °C). The 4,1,2-isomer has been thoroughly characterised both spectroscopically and crystallographically.

Graphical abstract: Reduction-induced facile isomerisation of metallacarboranes: synthesis and crystallographic characterisation of 4-Cp-4,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jul 2015
Accepted
23 Jul 2015
First published
23 Jul 2015

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 15417-15419

Author version available

Reduction-induced facile isomerisation of metallacarboranes: synthesis and crystallographic characterisation of 4-Cp-4,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11

W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 15417 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02506K

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