Synthesis and crystal structure of a new hexahydro-closo-hexaborate copper(I) complex Cu-2[(C6H5)(3)P](4)B6H6

Authors
Kabbani, RM Rheingold, AL Lam, KC Margulis, Y Vovchenko, M
Citation
Rm. Kabbani et al., Synthesis and crystal structure of a new hexahydro-closo-hexaborate copper(I) complex Cu-2[(C6H5)(3)P](4)B6H6, INORG CHEM, 38(16), 1999, pp. 3748
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00201669 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
16
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1669(19990809)38:16<3748:SACSOA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The reaction of hexahydro-closo-hexaborate(2-) with copper(II) acetate and triphenylphosphine in acetonitrile yields the novel complex, Cu-2[(C6H5)(3) P](4)B6H6. 2CH(3)CN. X-ray structural analysis shows that the complex cryst allizes in the triclinic centro-symmetric space group, P (1) over bar, with one molecule per unit cell. Each copper atom bonds to the hexaborate cage through two edge borons, forming a three-center two-electron B-Cu-B bond. T he copper in this complex exhibits a trigonal-planar geometry and is a coor dinatively unsaturated 16-electron center.