A new nido-5-vertex cluster, phosphacarba-nido-pentaborane, 2-tBu-1,2-PCB3H5†
Abstract
The gas-phase reaction of the phosphaalkyne PCtBu with tetraborane(10), B4H10, yields the nido five-vertex phosphacarbaborane cluster compound 2-tBu-1,2-PCB3H52 with an unusual 31P NMR peak shift of −500.5 ppm.