title: Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Synchrotron X-ray structural analysis of [(PMe2Ph)2Pd2B16H20(PMe2Ph)2] and [(PMe2Ph)3Pt2B16H18(PMe2Ph)]: models of intermediates to more condensed metallaboranes from the [(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H12] thermolysis system.
abstract: Thermolyses of [(PMe2Ph)2PdB8H12] and [(PMe2Ph)2PtB8H12] respectively yield eighteen-vertex [(PMe2Ph)2Pd2B16H20(PMe2Ph)2] and [(PMe2Ph)3Pt2B16H18(PMe2Ph)], which exhibit structure models for probable successive precursive intermediates for the more condensed macropolyhedral metallaboranes [(PMe2Ph)4Pt3B14H16], [(PMe2Ph)2Pt2B12H16] and [(PMe2Ph)2Pt2B16H15(C6H4Me)(PMe2Ph)] that have previously been reported as products from [(PMe2Ph)2PdB8H12] thermolyses.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Michael G S
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Londesborough
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Teat
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thornton-Pett
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kennedy