Gas-phase electron diffraction studies on two 11-vertex Dicarbaboranes, closo-2,3-C2B9H11 and nido-2,9-C2B9H13.
The molecular structures of two carbaboranes, closo-2,3-C(2)B(9)H(11) and nido-2,9-C(2)B(9)H(13), were determined experimentally for the first time using gas-phase electron diffraction (GED). For closo-2,3-C(2)B(9)H(11), a model with C(2)(v)() symmetry was refined to give C-B bond distances ranging 158.3-167.0 pm and B-B distances ranging 177.4-200.0 pm. The structure of nido-2,9-C(2)B(9)H(13) was refined using a model with C(s)() symmetry to give C-B bond lengths ranging 160.3-171.9 pm and B-B lengths ranging 173.0-196.1 pm. Ab initio computations (up to MP2/6-311+G) were also carried out on these and the related nido-7,8-C(2)B(9)H(13), which was not sufficiently stable to allow determination of its molecular structure by GED.
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK.
Iain D
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Mackie
Heather E
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Robertson
David W H
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Rankin
Mark A
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Fox
John M
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Malget