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Hypoelectronic Dimetallaboranes
Author(s) -
Wadepohl Hubert
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1002/1521-3773(20021115)41:22<4220::aid-anie4220>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - philosophy
Cluster or triple‐decker—that is the question! The recently described electron‐deficient metallaboranes [{(C 5 Me 5 )Re} 2 B n H n ] ( n =6–10; see scheme) conform neither to the Wade‐Mingos' rules for clusters nor to the 18‐valence‐electron rule as applied to triple‐decker sandwich complexes. Does this mean that these rules are no longer valid?