Discovery of Dichloro(benzene)ruthenium(II) dimer

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Application of 37366-09-9. Chemistry is an experimental science, and the best way to enjoy it and learn about it is performing experiments.Introducing a new discovery about 37366-09-9, Name is Dichloro(benzene)ruthenium(II) dimer

Three examples of the rare 8,1,2-closo-MC2B9 isomeric form of an icosahedral metallacarborane have been isolated as unexpected trace products in reactions. Seeking to understand how these were formed we considered both the nature of the reactions that were being undertaken and the nature of the coproducts. This led us to propose a mechanism for the formation of the 8,1,2-closo-MC2B9 species. The mechanism was then tested, leading to the first deliberate synthesis of an example of this isomer. Thus, deboronation of 4-(eta-C5H5)-4,1,8-closo-CoC2B10H12 selectively removes the B5 vertex to yield the dianion [nido-(eta-C5H5)CoC2B9H11]2-, oxidative closure of which affords 8-(eta-C5H5)-8,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11 in moderate yield. The crystallographic characterization of three new examples of metallacarboranes with 8,1,2-closo-MC2B9 structure is reported. Consideration of the reactions in which they were formed as well as their coproducts led to a suggested mechanism. This mechanism was tested in the synthesis of 8-(eta-C5H5)-8,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11 and found to be successful.

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