CU(PPH(3))]-2-(PPH(3))-CLOSO-2,1-CUTEB10H8).CH2CL2

Authors
THORNTONPETT M KENNEDY JD SPALDING F SPALDING TR
Citation
M. Thorntonpett et al., CU(PPH(3))]-2-(PPH(3))-CLOSO-2,1-CUTEB10H8).CH2CL2, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 51, 1995, pp. 840-843
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
01082701
Volume
51
Year of publication
1995
Part
5
Pages
840 - 843
Database
ISI
SICI code
0108-2701(1995)51:<840:C>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The title compound, H]-octahydro-2-cupra-1-tellura-closo-dodecarborane (C36H40-B10Cu2P2Te.CH2Cl2), has a triangulated icosahedral closo-CuTe B10 cage, somewhat distorted from regular, with the Cu and Te atoms ad jacent. A triphenylphosphine ligand is attached to the Cu cage atom an d a [Cu(PPh(3))] unit is bonded to one CuB2 triangular face of the Cu TeB10 cage via one Cu-Cu bond and two B-H-Cu* interactions. Whereas t he Cu cage atom is essentially symmetrically bonded in the CuB2 face, the exo-cage Cu atom is unsymmetrically bonded.