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The First Mixed‐Metal Borole Cluster; Stabilization of Formally 14e Pd Centers in the Re 2 Pd 2 Electron‐Deficient [{[(η 5 ‐C 4 H 4 BPh)(CO) 3 Re]Pd} 2 ] Cluster
Author(s) -
Braunstein Pierre,
Englert Ulli,
Herberich Gerhard E.,
Neuschütz Mark
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199510101
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , electron , valence (chemistry) , metal , crystallography , planar , electron counting , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , computer science , computer graphics (images) , organic chemistry , programming language
Borole and cluster chemistry are combined for the first time . The result is the title compound (shown right), a novel, intriguing Re 2 Pd 2 cluster with 54 valence electrons. X‐ray structure analysis of this compound, which forms deep blue‐green crystals, showed that the Re 2 Pd 2 unit is planar.