THE METHYLZINC HYDROBORATE DERIVATIVE [(MEZN)(2)B3H7](2) - SYNTHESIS,CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE AND VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA OF AN UNPRECEDENTED CLUSTERCOMPOUND

Authors
ALDRIDGE S BLAKE AJ DOWNS AJ PARSONS S
Citation
S. Aldridge et al., THE METHYLZINC HYDROBORATE DERIVATIVE [(MEZN)(2)B3H7](2) - SYNTHESIS,CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE AND VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA OF AN UNPRECEDENTED CLUSTERCOMPOUND, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (13), 1995, pp. 1363-1364
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
13
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1363 - 1364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1995):13<1363:TMHD[->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The bis(methylzinc) derivative of triborane(9), prepared by the gas-ph ase reaction of B4H10 with Me(2)Zn at ambient temperature, is a dimer [(MeZn)(2)B3H7] with an unprecedented structure featuring two distinct zinc environments; two B(3)H(7)ZnMe ligands, formally derived from B3 H8 by replacement-of a mu(12)-H by a mu(2)-ZnMe unit, each function in a bis(bidentate) manner linking together two other MeZn centres throu gh pairs of Zn-H-B bridges.