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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 14(53), p. 3702-3705, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310718

Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 14(126), p. 3776-3779, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/ange.201310718

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Crystal Structures of the Carborane Dianions [1,4-(PhCB10H10C)2C6H4]2−and [1,4-(PhCB10H10C)2C6F4]2−and the Stabilizing Role of thepara-Phenylene Unit on 2 n+3 Skeletal Electron Clusters

Journal article published in 2014 by Jan Kahlert, Hans-Georg Stammler, Beate Neumann, Rachel A. Harder, Lothar Weber, Mark A. Fox ORCID
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Abstract

While carboranes with 2 n+2 and 2 n+4 (n=number of skeletal atoms) skeletal electrons (SE) are widely known, little has been reported on carboranes with odd SE numbers. Electrochemical measurements on two-cage assemblies, where two C-phenyl-ortho-carboranyl groups are linked by a para-phenylene or a para-tetrafluorophenylene bridge, revealed two well separated and reversible two-electron reduction waves indicating formation of stable dianions and tetraanions. The salts of the dianions were isolated by reduction with sodium metal and their unusual structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. The diamagnetic dianions contain two 2 n+3 SE clusters where each cluster has a notably long carborane C–carborane C distance of ca 2.4 Å. The π conjugation within the phenylene bridge plays an important role in the stabilization of these carboranes with odd SE counts.