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Oxidation – Reduction and Photochemical Reactions of Metalladecaborane Clusters: The Interconversion of hypercloso ‐[( η 6 ‐C 6 Me 6 )RuB 9 H 9 ] and closo ‐[( η 6 ‐C 6 Me 6 )RuB 9 H 9 ] 2−
Author(s) -
Littger Ralf,
Englich Ulrich,
RuhlandtSenge Karin,
Spencer James T.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000417)39:8<1472::aid-anie1472>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - redox , chemistry , cluster (spacecraft) , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , programming language , computer science
Reversible hypercloso – closo interconversion by means of simple redox chemistry: Two‐electron reduction of hypercloso ‐[1‐( η 6 ‐C 6 Me 6 )‐1‐RuB 9 H 9 ] ( 1 ) gives the closo dianion 2 2− , which displays the bicapped square‐antiprismatic structure expected for a closo cluster with 2 n +2 skeletal electrons. The dianion 2 2− is quantitatively oxidized back to 1 by simple air oxidation.