title: An eleven-vertex metallaborane with tetracapped pentagonal bipyramidal geometry.
abstract: A metallaborane of novel structure, [(Cp*Mo)(2)B(3)H(3)Se(2){Fe(CO)(2)}(2){Fe(CO)(3)}(2)] (2; Cp* = η(5)-C(5)Me(5)), with tetracapped pentagonal bipyramidal geometry, isolated from the reaction of [(Cp*Mo)(2)B(4)H(4)Se(2)], 1 with [Fe(2)(CO)(9)]; the title compound exhibit an 11-vertex closo-cage geometry, having eight skeletal electron pairs (sep) and 98 valence electrons, appropriate for its geometric structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ponniah S
authors.forename: Shubhankar Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Sundargopal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh