Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1997, 62, 746-751
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19970746
Unusual Rearrangement of Naphthalene in the Synthesis of a Novel B8-B8-Bridged Derivative in the [(1,2-C2B9H11)2-3-Co]- Series. X-Ray Structure and 11B NMR Spectra of [8,8'-μ-(CH2-C9H6)-(1,2-C2B9H10)2-3-Co]- (CH3)4N+
Andreas Frankena, Jaromír Plešeka and Christiane Nachtigalb
a Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 250 68 Řež near Prague, Czech Republic
b Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Christian Albrecht University, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Abstract
On treatment of the [(1,2-C2B9H11)2Co]- ion with naphthalene in presence of AlCl3 a remarkably bridged [8,8'-μ-(CH2-C9H6)-(1,2-C2B9H10)2-3-Co]- ion is obtained as a single isolated compound. The triatomic -CH2-C9H6- bridge is derived from the rearranged naphthalene nucleus. The mechanism of this reaction is obscure but it does resemble the "Electrophile-Induced Nucleophilic Substitution" reported earlier. The structure of the compound was established by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Keywords: Rearrangement of naphthalene; Cobaltacarborane with triatomic bridge; X-Ray diffraction; Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy.
