This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. We thank Prof. L. H. Gade for generous support. A.R.K. thanks the Division of General Chemistry and Material Sciences of the RAS.
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Fusion of a 1,3-Diboraruthenocene to Form a Slipped μ-Hexahydrotetraboranaphthalene Triple-Decker Complex with Two Axial C![[BOND]](http://onlinelibrarystatic.wiley.com/undisplayable_characters/00f8ff.gif)
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Article first published online: 15 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802945
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How to Cite
Mutseneck, Elena V., Wadepohl, H., Enders, M., Kudinov, Alexander R. and Siebert, W. (2009), Fusion of a 1,3-Diboraruthenocene to Form a Slipped μ-Hexahydrotetraboranaphthalene Triple-Decker Complex with Two Axial CH Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 1429–1431. doi: 10.1002/anie.200802945
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 15 JAN 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 15 DEC 2008
- Manuscript Received: 19 JUN 2008
Funded by
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
Keywords:
- boron;
- CH bonds;
- density functional calculations;
- ruthenium;
- sandwich complexes
Abstract
Colliding double deckers: Addition of zinc to a reaction mixture of [{Cp*RuCl}4]/pentamethyl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-diborole (C3B2Me5H) in THF leads to three known double- and triple-decker complexes of [C3B2Me5]−, and unexpectedly to the slipped triple-decker (see picture) with two fused diborole rings. The endo CH bonds of two MeCH groups donate two additional electrons to achieve the stable 34 VE configuration.