Nucleophilic substitution on a Ru-coordinated Cp ring by a carborane anion.
The Cp ring in [RuCl(Cp)(PPh3)2] undergoes an apparent nucleophilic attack by the carbanion carb- (Hcarb = 2-Me-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane), to give an H-/carb- exchange process, which is favoured by coordination of the hydride to the ruthenium centre.
Basato
Marino
M
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita di Padova, via Marzolo 1, I-35131, Padova, Italy. marino.basato@unipd.it
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Claudia
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Antonio
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