title: Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Metallathiaboranes from S2B17H17: isolation and characterisation of [(eta6-MeC6H4isoPr)RuS2B16H16] and [(eta6-MeC6H4isoPr)RuS2B15H15].
abstract: Deprotonation of [S2B17H17] with NaH and subsequent reaction with [{RuCl2(eta6-MeC6H4(iso)Pr)}2] gives new nineteen-vertex [(eta6-MeC6H4(iso)Pr)RuS2B16H16] , with a nido {SB9} unit and an arachno-type {RuSB9} unit conjoined with a B-B edge in common, and new eighteen-vertex [(eta6-MeC6H4(iso)Pr)RuS2B15H15] with a nido {RuSB9} subcluster fused via a common B-B edge to a nido {B8} subcluster that is additionally linked exo to the {RuSB9} unit by a bridging sulfur atom that is held endo to the {B8} unit.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry of the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Michael G S
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Londesborough
authors.forename: Alexander R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hamilton Mcleod
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kennedy