Synthesis,Characterization, and Crystal Structures of [N(CH3)4]2[B12H12] and [N(CH3)4]2[B12H12] · CH3CN |
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| Authors: | Kathrin Hofmann Barbara Albert |
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| Abstract: | Bis(tetramethylammonium) dodecahydrododecaborate, [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12], and bis(tetramethylammonium) dodecahydrododecaborate acetonitrile, [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12] · CH3CN, were synthesized and characterized via Infrared, 1H and 11B NMR spectroscopy. [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12] crystallizes isopunctual to the alkali metal dodecaborates. The crystal structure of [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12] · CH3CN was determined from single crystal data and refined in the orthorhombic crystal system (Pcmn, no. 62, a = 898.68(8), b = 1312.85(9) c = 1994.5(1) pm, R(|F| , 4σ) = 5.9%, wR(F2) = 18.3%). Here, the geometry of the dodecaborate anion is that of an almost ideal icosahedron, less distorted than most other dodecaborates known. By low‐temperature Guinier‐Simon diffractometry phase transitions were detected for [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12] and [(CH3)4N]2[B12H12] · CH3CN at –70 and –15 °C, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | closo‐Dodecahydrododecaborate(2– ) Boron Crystal structure |
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