Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. The unique nido-five-vertex-<B2>-nido-ten-vertex conjuncto structure of [(eta5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15] via an unexpected cluster-dismantling

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Sep 14:(34):3559-61. doi: 10.1039/b709470a.

Abstract

B16H20 and [RhCl2(eta5-C5Me5)]2 with tmnd give [(eta5-C5Me5)2Rh2B11H15], which has an unprecedented thirteen-vertex macropolyhedral cluster core based on a nido ten-vertex {MB9} subcluster and a nido five-vertex {MB4} subcluster fused with their open-face {B2} edges in common.