@article {5049, title = {Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic and electrochemical study of the paramagnetic compound [2-(eta(7)-C7H7)-7,11-F-2-2,1-closo-MoTeB10H8]}, journal = {Journal of the Chemical Society-Dalton Transactions}, number = {9}, year = {2001}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 428HHTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 36}, pages = {1520-1523}, type = {Article}, abstract = {{The reaction of [NEt4][7-nido-TeB10H11] 1 with [Mo(CO)(3)(eta (7)-C7H7)][BF4] 2 in dichloromethane yields the novel paramagnetic, B-fluorinated, "mixed-sandwich" compound [2-(eta (7)-C7H7)-7,11-F-2-2,1-closo-MoTeB10H8] 3 in 19\% yield. An X-ray diffraction study of 3 establishes the closo twelve-vertex MoTeB10-cage structure with two B-F units at adjacent positions. The structure of 3 was solved in space group Pna2(1) with unit cell dimensions of a=16.7598(18)}, keywords = {CARBORANES, CHEMISTRY, COMPLEXES, FLUORINATION, LEWIS-ACIDS, LIGANDS, ORGANOTRANSITION-METAL METALLACARBORANES}, isbn = {1472-7773}, url = {://000168455900023}, author = {di Biani, F. F. and Laschi, F. and Zanello, P. and Ferguson, G. and Trotter, J. and O{\textquoteright}Riordan, G. M. and Spalding, T. R.} }