Metal-Rich Oxametallaboranes of Group 5 Metals: Synthesis
and Structure of a Face-Fused
μ7‑Boride Cluster
Posted on 2018-11-16 - 20:18
Aerobic oxidation of metallaborane
compounds is an unexplored field apart from the few reports on accidental
oxidation leading to oxametallaboranes. An effective method for the
synthesis of group 5 oxametallaboranes has been developed by the oxidation
of [(Cp*M)2(B2H6)2] (M
= Ta/Nb) (Cp* = η5-C5Me5).
The reaction of [(Cp*M)2(B2H6)2] (M = Ta/Nb) with O2 gas at room temperature yielded
oxametallaboranes [(Cp*M)2(B4H10O)]
(for 1, M = Nb; for 2, M = Ta). Density
functional theory calculations signify an increase in the HOMO–LUMO
energy gap for 1 and 2 as compared to that
for the parent metallaboranes, [(Cp*M)2(B2H6)2] (M = Ta/Nb). Reaction of 1 and 2 with [Ru3(CO)12] led to the isolation
of fused metallaborane clusters [(Cp*Nb)2(B2H4O){Ru(CO)2}2(B2H4){Ru(CO)3}2{μ-H}4] (3) and [(Cp*Ta)2(B3H4O){Ru(CO)2}3{μ7-B}{μ-CO}2{μ-H}4] (4). The structure of 3 may be considered as a
fusion of five subunits [two tetrahedra (Td), two square pyramids
(sqp), and one trigonal bipyramid (tbp)]. One of the key features
of cluster 4 is the presence of a μ7-boride atom that shares three cluster units (one monocapped trigonal
prism and two Td). All the compounds have been characterized by mass
spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and 1H, 13C, and 11B nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and
the structural types were unequivocally established by crystallographic
analysis of compounds 1, 3, and 4.
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Prakash, Rini; De, Anangsha; Kirubakaran, Bakthavachalam; Ghosh, Sundargopal (2018). Metal-Rich Oxametallaboranes of Group 5 Metals: Synthesis
and Structure of a Face-Fused
μ7‑Boride Cluster. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02512
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AUTHORS (4)
RP
Rini Prakash
AD
Anangsha De
BK
Bakthavachalam Kirubakaran
SG
Sundargopal Ghosh
KEYWORDS
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