Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2001 · 76 citations · 23 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsPhysical ChemistrySolid-state ChemistryTheoretical ChemistryCluster ChemistryCluster CompoundsCoordination ChemistryElectron CountingTransition Metal ChemistryTransition Metal ComplexesBorane ClustersBoride SynthesisCluster Electron CountingCluster GeometryCluster SynthesisElectron Counting RulesTransition Metal ClustersTransition Metal Complexes Electron Counts
Different cluster–structure electron-counting rules to those of either boranes or metallaboranes of later transition metals are obeyed by the metallaboranes formed from the earlier transition metals. This principle is confirmed by the existence and structures of the homologous series of rhenaboranes [(Cp*Re)2BnHn], n=7–10 (see scheme).
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