Unexpected formation and structural characterisation of a novel rhodium B12 analogue.
The metalation reactions of the 2,2'-bidipyrrin 4 with different rhodium(I) precursors yield the complexes 5 and 6 and the unusual corrinoid 7, depending only on the type of the ancillary ligand employed.
Bröring
Martin
M
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany. Martin.Broering@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
Tejero
Esther Cónsul
EC
Pfister
Andreas
A
Brandt
Carsten D
CD
Pérez Torrente
Jesús J
JJ