Polyhedral Metallocarborane Chemistry: Thermal Rearrangements of Bimetallic Cobaltacarboranes.
Abstract
The chemical relationship of metallocarboranes containing two transition metal vertices to other polyhedral boron species was experimentally investigated by examining the thermal polyhedral rearrangements of representative examples of 10, 11, and 12 vertex bimetallic cobaltacarboranes, (C5H5)2Co2C2BnH(n+2). Rearrangements involving migration of cobalt as well as boron and carbon atoms in the polyhedral surface were observed. Several new bi- and trimetallic species were synthesized in the course of these studies and improved preparative routes to known metallocarboranes were discovered. Similarities in the polyhedral chemistry of the series (C5H5)2Co2C2B(n-2)Hn, C5H5CoC2B(n-1)H(n+1), and C2BnH(n+2) are discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 18, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0786772
Entities
People
- Bohumil Stibr
- Christopher J. Jones
- M. Frederick Hawthorne
- Robert A. Grey
- William J. Evans
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles