An unusual open twelve-vertex oxametallaborane cluster compound: synthesis and structure of [7-(η5-C5Me5)-8-Cl-11-(PMe2Ph)-nido-7,12-RhOB10H9]

Abstract
Eleven-vertex nido-[(η5-C5Me5)RhB10H11Cl(PMe2Ph)], when dissolved in CH2Cl2 solution in the presence of H2O, yields the open twelve-vertex oxametalladodecaborane [(η5-C5Me5)RhOB10H9Cl(PMe2Ph)], which is the first non-carbon containing open twelve-vertex polyhedral boron cluster compound, and the first boron cluster compound that contains an oxygen atom bound solely to boron in a contiguous cluster position.

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