TY - JOUR
T1 - Icosahedral metallacarborane/carborane species derived from 1,1′-bis(o-carborane)
AU - Thiripuranathar, Gobika
AU - Man, Wing Y.
AU - Palmero Palos, Cesar
AU - Chan, Antony P Y
AU - Leube, Bernhard T
AU - Ellis, David
AU - McKay, David
AU - Macgregor, Stuart A.
AU - Jourdan, Laure
AU - Rosair, Georgina M.
AU - Welch, Alan J.
PY - 2015/3/28
Y1 - 2015/3/28
N2 - Examples of singly-metallated derivatives of 1,1′-bis(o-carborane) have been prepared and spectroscopically and structurally characterised. Metallation of [7-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-7,8-nido-C2B9H10]2- with a {Ru(p-cymene)}2+ fragment affords both the unisomerised species [1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-3-(p-cymene)-3,1,2-closo-RuC2B9H10] (2) and the isomerised [8-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-2-(p-cymene)-2,1,8-closo-RuC2B9H10] (3), and 2 is easily transformed into 3 with mild heating. Metallation with a preformed {CoCp}2+ fragment also affords a 3,1,2-MC2B9-1′,2′-C2B10 product [1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-3-Cp-3,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H10] (4), but if CoCl2/NaCp is used followed by oxidation the result is the 2,1,8-CoC2B9-1′,2′-C2B10 species [8-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-2-Cp-2,1,8-closo-CoC2B9H10] (5). Compound 4 does not convert into 5 in refluxing toluene, but does do so if it is reduced and then reoxidised, perhaps highlighting the importance of the basicity of the metal fragment in the isomerisation of metallacarboranes. A computational study of 1,1′-bis(o-carborane) is in excellent agreement with a recently-determined precise crystallographic study and establishes that the {1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11} fragment is electron-withdrawing compared to H.
AB - Examples of singly-metallated derivatives of 1,1′-bis(o-carborane) have been prepared and spectroscopically and structurally characterised. Metallation of [7-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-7,8-nido-C2B9H10]2- with a {Ru(p-cymene)}2+ fragment affords both the unisomerised species [1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-3-(p-cymene)-3,1,2-closo-RuC2B9H10] (2) and the isomerised [8-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-2-(p-cymene)-2,1,8-closo-RuC2B9H10] (3), and 2 is easily transformed into 3 with mild heating. Metallation with a preformed {CoCp}2+ fragment also affords a 3,1,2-MC2B9-1′,2′-C2B10 product [1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-3-Cp-3,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H10] (4), but if CoCl2/NaCp is used followed by oxidation the result is the 2,1,8-CoC2B9-1′,2′-C2B10 species [8-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11)-2-Cp-2,1,8-closo-CoC2B9H10] (5). Compound 4 does not convert into 5 in refluxing toluene, but does do so if it is reduced and then reoxidised, perhaps highlighting the importance of the basicity of the metal fragment in the isomerisation of metallacarboranes. A computational study of 1,1′-bis(o-carborane) is in excellent agreement with a recently-determined precise crystallographic study and establishes that the {1′,2′-closo-C2B10H11} fragment is electron-withdrawing compared to H.
U2 - 10.1039/c5dt00081e
DO - 10.1039/c5dt00081e
M3 - Article
C2 - 25702632
AN - SCOPUS:84924911936
SN - 1477-9226
VL - 44
SP - 5628
EP - 5637
JO - Dalton Transactions
JF - Dalton Transactions
IS - 12
ER -