Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 808-812
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020808
The Reaction of Cp*ReH6, Cp* = C5Me5, with Monoborane to Yield a Novel Rhenaborane. Synthesis and Characterization of arachno-Cp*ReH3B3H8
Sundargopal Ghosh, Alicia M. Beatty and Thomas P. Fehlner*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, U.S.A.
Abstract
The rhenaborane Cp*ReH3B3H8, which is generated by the reaction of Cp*ReH6 with BH3·THF, has been characterized spectroscopically in solution and by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study in the solid state as a hydrogen-rich arachno-metallatetraborane.
Keywords: Boranes; Metallaboranes; Metal complexes; Rhenium; Half-sandwich complexes.
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