A new nido-5-vertex cluster, phosphacarba-nido-pentaborane, 2-tBu-1,2-PCB3H5†
Peter N. Condick,Mark A. Fox,Robert Greatrex,Cameron Jones,Daniel L. Ormsby
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 06/14/2002 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B204409A
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.
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CtBu 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.
