NIOBIUM METALLABORANES - A NOVEL METALLABORANE ANALOG OF PENTABORANE(11)

Treatment of [Nb(η-C5H5)2H3] with pentaborane(9) gives the novel arachno-metallaboranes [Nb(η-C5H5)2B4H9 ] (1) and [Nb(η-C5H5)2B3H8 ] (2). Compound 1 is the first reported base subrogated analogue of the neutral arachno-pentaborane(11) and has an apex to niobium hydrogen bridge. Compound 2, for whic...

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Main Authors: Grebenik, P, Leach, J, Pounds, J, Green, M, Mountford, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1990