Steven J. Hildebrandt

Interactions of Metal Groups with the Octahydrotriborate(1−) Anion, B3H8-

During the last decade interest in metal-containing cluster molecules has increased dramatically. This interest is in large part due to a growing mass of evidence supporting the importance of metal-containing clusters as catalysts and reaction centers in biochemical and industrial systems. The use of preformed borane and carborane clusters in the synthesis of metal-borane and metalcarborane clusters provides unique access to the study of metals in clusters. The formation of clusters containing the B3H8 − anion as a bi-, tri-, or tetradentate ligand constitutes an increasingly revealing part of the overall area of metal-borane clusters.