Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. A metallathiaborane from S2B17H17: Isolation and characterisation of [(PMe2Ph)(2)PtS2B16H16]; A neo-arachno ten-vertex cluster shape, and the constitution of the [arachno-B10H15](-) anion(+)

Abstract

The new macropolyhedral metallathiaborane [( PMe2Ph)(2)PtS2B16H16], of which the cluster consists of a conventional eleven-vertex nido {SB10} unit, fused, with two boron atoms in common, with a{PtSB8} unit of unique ten-vertex neo-arachno constitution an

Keywords

• MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE
• 19-VERTEX
• ION
• THIABORANES
• MECHANISM
• INSERTION
• CRYSTAL
• THIA