J. Plesek et al., ASYMMETRIC COBALTACARBORANES [6,6'-MU-R-S(1,7-C2B9H10)2-2-CO] WITH A MONOSULFUR BRIDGE BETWEEN LIGANDS AND HPLC RESOLUTION OF THE ENANTIOMERS, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 58(12), 1993, pp. 2936-2943
On treatment of the [2-Co-(1,7-C2B9H11)2]- ion with elemental sulfur a
nd AlCl3 only the racemic form of the [6,6'-mu-S(1,7-C2B9H10)2-2-Co]-
ion is obtained in high yield. Methylation of this ion proceeds at the
sulfur bridge giving rise to the zwitterionic complex [6,6'-mu-MeS(1,
7-C2B9H10)2-2-Co]. Constitution of both species has been established b
y high-field NMR methods and confirmed by resolution to enantiomers by
HPLC on chiral stationary phase.