A novel exo-bicyclic closo-six-vertex dimetalla-hexaborane : [1,1,2-(CO)3-1-(PPh3)-2,2-(Ph2PC6H4)2-close-(1,2-Ir2B4H2-3,5-)]. CH2Cl2
Abstract
The molecular structure of the novel compound [1,1,2-(CO)3-1-(PPh3)-2,2-(Ph2P-ortho-[graphic omitted]4H2)], isolated as an advanced degradation product from the reaction of closoB-10H102– with trans-[Ir(CO)Cl(PPh3)2] in methanolic solution, is based on a closed {Ir2B4} octahedral cluster with the metal atoms occupying adjacent vertices.