The [2,5,12-C3B8H15](-) anion, the first representative of the eleven-vertex hypho family of tricarbaboranes

Abstract

In one synthetic step from the readily available 9-Me2SCH2-nido-7,8-C2B9H11 (compound 1), the first representative of the eleven-vertex hypho family of tricarbaboranes, [2,5,12-C3B8H15][X] ( X=[NMe4](+) or [PPh4](+)) ( compound 2), has been isolated in 3

Keywords

• polyhedral dicarbaborane chemistry
• nmr chemical-shifts
• molecular-structures
• correlation-energy
• cluster compounds
• density
• derivatives
• boranes
• series
• 9-vertex