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Attempts to construct metallaboranes via cluster expansion reactions with metal carbonyl...

Attempts to construct metallaboranes via cluster expansion reactions with metal carbonyl complexes sometimes result in unexpected products. For example, reaction of B3H7(Cp*RuH)2 and Mo(CO)3(CH3CN)3 results in B2H6(Cp*RuCO)2 without any incorporation of the Mo(CO)3 fragment (K. Geetharani; S. K. Bose; B. Varghese; S. Ghosh, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 11357). Classify these metalloboranes as closo, nido, or arachno. Does B2H6(Cp*RuCO)2 react similarly with the group 7 carbonyls Mn2(CO)10 and Re2(CO)10? Sketch the products of these reactions (K. Geetharani; S. K. Bose, S. Sahoo, B. Varghese; S. M. Mobin, S. Ghosh, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 5824).

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