FORMATION OF DIMERIC SIGMA-BONDED ARGENTACARBORANES CONTAINING 2 TYPES OF CLOSED AND OPEN AG-H-B BRIDGE BONDS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF )-4,9,4',9'-(MU-H)(4)-7,8,7',8'-NIDO-(C2B9H10)(2)]
Yw. Park et al., FORMATION OF DIMERIC SIGMA-BONDED ARGENTACARBORANES CONTAINING 2 TYPES OF CLOSED AND OPEN AG-H-B BRIDGE BONDS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF )-4,9,4',9'-(MU-H)(4)-7,8,7',8'-NIDO-(C2B9H10)(2)], Inorganic chemistry, 33(1), 1994, pp. 1-2
Anaerobic reaction of Tl2C2B9H11 with a reaction mixture of AgBr and 2
-fold amount of EPh(3) in CH2-Cl2 afforded off-white sigma-bonded nido
-argentacarboranes )-4,9,4',9'-(mu-H)(4)-7,8,7',8'-nido-(C2B9H10)(2)]
(E = As and Sb) whose dimeric nature does not remain intact in solutio
n resulting in the wigwag fluxional motion of the Ag(EPh(3))(2) moiety
around the upper C2B3 belt boron atoms of the carborane cage in the m
onomeric (EPh(3))(2)AgC2B9H12 unit.