Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 728-750
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020728
Putting Small Metallacarboranes to Work: A Review
Russell N. Grimes
Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, U.S.A.
Abstract
The prospects for developing useful applications based on the chemistry of transition metal complexes of nido-2,3-RR'C2B4H42- and related small carborane ligands are reviewed, with primary emphasis on areas where their utility has been demonstrated in practice. Special attention is directed to the properties of small 6- and 7-vertex MC2B3 and MC2B4 clusters that distinguish them from their icosahedral metallacarborane congeners, and from structurally related metallocene sandwiches. A review with 43 references.
Keywords: Boron clusters; Carboranes; Metallacarboranes; Metal complexes; Metal sandwich compounds; Metalocenes.
References: 127 live references.
