Room-Temperature C----C Bond Cleavage of an Arene by a Metallacarborane

On the fly: Reduction of 1,1′‐bis(o‐carborane) and subsequent reaction with a source of {Ru(p‐cymene)}2+ fragments yields a fly‐over bridge species resulting from room‐temperature CC bond cleavage of a p‐cymene ligand. DFT calculations suggest that the arene is sandwiched between two Ru atoms as pa...

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Published in:	Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 49; no. 29; pp. 4943 - 4945
Main Authors:	Ellis, David, McKay, David, Macgregor, Stuart A, Rosair, Georgina M, Welch, Alan J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag 05-07-2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects:	boron metallaboranes redox chemistry ruthenium X-ray diffraction
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Summary:	On the fly: Reduction of 1,1′‐bis(o‐carborane) and subsequent reaction with a source of {Ru(p‐cymene)}2+ fragments yields a fly‐over bridge species resulting from room‐temperature CC bond cleavage of a p‐cymene ligand. DFT calculations suggest that the arene is sandwiched between two Ru atoms as part of a metallacarborane (see picture; C gray, B yellow, Ru red) and reduced by the second, pendant, carborane.
Bibliography:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201001555 We thank the EPSRC for support (project EP/E02971X/1). EPSRC - No. EP/E02971X/1 ArticleID:ANIE201001555 istex:CB0F106B863093B8CA862566770B1FC9D06025B1 ark:/67375/WNG-2JFN8362-5 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1433-7851 1521-3773
DOI:	10.1002/anie.201001555