Jh. Jones et al., 10-VERTEX POLYHEDRAL AZAMETALLABORANE CHEMISTRY - AN ARACHNO-6,9-AZAPLATINADECABORANE AND A NIDO-6,8-AZARUTHENADECABORANE, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 227(1), 1994, pp. 163-166
[(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H10NH] (1a, 63% from [PtCl2(PMe2Ph)2], arachno-4-NB8H13
and base) has a ten-vertex {arachno-9,6-PtNB8} cluster, whereas [(eta(
6)-C(6)Me(6))RUB(8)H(10)NH] (2a, 19% from [(eta(6)-C(6)Me(6))RUC(l2)](
2) and nido-6-NB9H12) and [(eta(6)-MeC(6)H(4)(i)Pr)RuB8H10NH] (2b, 46%
from [(eta(6)-MeC(6)H(4)(i)Pr)RUCl(2)](2) and [NMe(4)]+ [arachno-4-NB
9H13](-)) have ten-vertex {nido-8,6-RuNB8} clusters.