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A new entry into ferraborane chemistry: Synthesis and characterization of heteroferraborane complexes
Debajyoti Basak, Venkata M. Suresh,
Published in
2011
Volume: 372
   
Issue: 1
Pages: 42 - 46
Abstract
Reaction of [CpFe(CO)2I], 1 (Cp = η5-C 5H5) and di(organyl)dichalcogenides, E2R 2 (E = S, Se; R = Ph, CH2Ph, 2,6-(tBu) 2-C6H2OH) with [LiBH4·thf] at -70 °C in toluene, followed by stirring at room temperature for 18 h yielded heteroferraboranes, [CpFe(CO)B2H4(μ-L)], 2-4 (2: L = SePh; 3: SeCH2Ph and 4: S(2,6-(tBu) 2-C6H2OH). Compounds 2-4 are highly unstable and concurrent lose of boron atoms yielded organochalcogenolato-bridged complexes, [CpFe(CO)(μ-L)]2, 5-7, respectively (5: L = SePh; 6: SeCH2Ph and 7: S(2,6-(tBu)2-C6H 2OH). In contrast, the reaction of 1 with di(2-furyl)ditelluride, (C4H3O)2Te2, yielded organotellurato-bridged complex, [CpFe(CO)(μ-TeC4H 3O)]2, 8 and all of our attempts to isolate the boron precursor [CpFe(CO)B2H4(μ-TeC4H 3O)] in pure form failed. The accuracy of these predictions in each case is established by IR, 1H, 11B, 13C, 77Se, 125Te NMR and mass spectrometry and complex 8 is further structurally confirmed by X-ray crystallography. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
ISSN00201693
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