Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2010, 75, 963-970
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc2010040
Published online 2010-09-22 08:18:14

Gold cluster chemistry with the tin nucleophile stanna-closo-dodecaborate

Hartmut Schubert, Fritz-Robert Küchle and Lars Wesemann*

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

Abstract

The tin nucleophile [SnB11H11]2– reacts with the gold cluster [Au9(PPh3)8][NO3]3 under formation of the tin–gold complex [Au8(PPh3)7(SnB11H11)] (1). In reaction with four equivalents of the heteroborate a mixed valence tetrahedral gold cluster [Au4(PPh3)4(SnB11H11)2]2– with two edge bridging tin ligands was isolated. The reaction products were characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray crystallography.

Keywords: Tin; Gold; Heteroboranes; Stannaboranes; Metallaboranes; Boron clusters; Gold clusters.

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