TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure of [7,8-C2B9H12] -; correction of a popular misconception
AU - Buchanan, Jill
AU - Hamilton, Ewan J. M.
AU - Reed, David
AU - Welch, Alan J.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - The [7,8-C2B9H12]- ion has been shown, via n.m.r. spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic study, to contain an endo-H atom bonded to B(10) and not, as generally thought, a B-H-B bridge. Four ion pairs of [H(dmso)2][C2B9H12] (dmso = dimethyl sulphoxide) crystallise in a unit cell of dimensions a = 8.2919(14), b = 11.0802(21), c = 18.128(5)Å, β = 100.135(18)°, and space group P21/n. The structure has been refined to R = 0.0436, R′ = 0.0698 for 2 355 reflections measured at 185 ± 1 K. The presence of an endo-H atom in [7,8-C2B9H 12]- is rationalised by consideration of the form of the highest occupied molecular orbital of [7,8-C2B9H 11]2-. Analysis of the results of extended-Hückel molecular orbital calculations confirms that the endo-H atom bonds to the cage via a four-centre two-electron bond, and allows the relative magnitudes of endo and exo B-H coupling constants to be understood as well as the observation of weak coupling between the endo-H atom and B(9) and B(11).
AB - The [7,8-C2B9H12]- ion has been shown, via n.m.r. spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic study, to contain an endo-H atom bonded to B(10) and not, as generally thought, a B-H-B bridge. Four ion pairs of [H(dmso)2][C2B9H12] (dmso = dimethyl sulphoxide) crystallise in a unit cell of dimensions a = 8.2919(14), b = 11.0802(21), c = 18.128(5)Å, β = 100.135(18)°, and space group P21/n. The structure has been refined to R = 0.0436, R′ = 0.0698 for 2 355 reflections measured at 185 ± 1 K. The presence of an endo-H atom in [7,8-C2B9H 12]- is rationalised by consideration of the form of the highest occupied molecular orbital of [7,8-C2B9H 11]2-. Analysis of the results of extended-Hückel molecular orbital calculations confirms that the endo-H atom bonds to the cage via a four-centre two-electron bond, and allows the relative magnitudes of endo and exo B-H coupling constants to be understood as well as the observation of weak coupling between the endo-H atom and B(9) and B(11).
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U2 - 10.1039/DT9900000677
DO - 10.1039/DT9900000677
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37049073332
SN - 0300-9246
SP - 677
EP - 680
JO - Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
JF - Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
IS - 2
ER -