Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Synchrotron X-ray structural analysis of [(PMe2Ph)2Pd2B16H20(PMe2Ph)2] and [(PMe2Ph)3Pt2B16H18(PMe2Ph)]: models of intermediates to more condensed metallaboranes from the [(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H12] thermolysis system

Michael G S Londesborough; Elizabeth J MacLean; Simon J Teat; Mark Thornton-Pett; John D Kennedy

doi:10.1039/b419242g

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Synchrotron X-ray structural analysis of [(PMe2Ph)2Pd2B16H20(PMe2Ph)2] and [(PMe2Ph)3Pt2B16H18(PMe2Ph)]: models of intermediates to more condensed metallaboranes from the [(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H12] thermolysis system

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Mar 28:(12):1584-6. doi: 10.1039/b419242g. Epub 2005 Feb 17.

Authors

Michael G S Londesborough¹, Elizabeth J MacLean, Simon J Teat, Mark Thornton-Pett, John D Kennedy

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

PMID: 15770267
DOI: 10.1039/b419242g

Abstract

Thermolyses of [(PMe2Ph)2PdB8H12] and [(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H12] respectively yield eighteen-vertex [(PMe2Ph)2Pd2B16H20(PMe2Ph)2] and [(PMe2Ph)3Pt2B16H18(PMe2Ph)], which exhibit structure models for probable successive precursive intermediates for the more condensed macropolyhedral metallaboranes [(PMe2Ph)4Pt3B14H16], [(PMe2Ph)2Pt2B12H16] and [(PMe2Ph)2Pt2B16H15(C6H4Me)(PMe2Ph)] that have previously been reported as products from [(PMe2Ph)2PdB8H12] thermolyses.