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Synthesis and Structure of 14‐ and 15‐Vertex Ruthenacarboranes
Author(s) -
Deng Liang,
Zhang Jian,
Chan HoiShan,
Xie Zuowei
Publication year - 2006
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/anie.200600890
Subject(s) - vertex (graph theory) , carborane , redox , combinatorics , chemistry , stereochemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , graph
Adding corners : A metallacarborane with 15 vertices was prepared by reduction of 14‐vertex carborane 1 to nido ‐carborane dianion 2 and subsequent reaction with [{( p ‐cymene)RuCl 2 } 2 ] to give 3 (see scheme). The key to obtaining successively larger clusters is prevention of redox reactions (such as that to give 4 ).