Synthesis and characterisation of the halogenated azanonaboranes [(iPrNH2)B8H10XNHiPr] (X = Cl, Br, I) and their unexpected hydrolysis to hypho-[B5H10(μ-NHiPr)]

Claudia Bauer, Detlef Gabel, Thomas D McGrath, Udo Dörfler

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Abstract

Treatment of [(iPrNH2)B8H11NHiPr] with elemental halogen affords the 8-exo-halogen-substituted derivatives [(iPrNH2)B8H10XNHiPr] (X=Cl, Br, I). The structures of all three compounds are confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, and (for X=Br) by an X-ray diffraction study. The bromoazanonaborane undergoes hydrolytic decomposition to the new five-vertex compound [B5H10(µ-NHiPr)] of hypho-type structure. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-185
Number of pages5
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume332
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Apr 2002

Keywords

  • Azanonaboranes
  • Crystal structures
  • Halogenation
  • Hydrolysis
  • hypho-Clusters

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