Compound 1c

(2-(12-(1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaboranyl)thio)ethyl)diphenylphosphine

From: A coordination chemistry dichotomy for icosahedral carborane-based ligands

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InChIKey LXAIOXLRUONWBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Compound data: CIF

Synthetic procedure: See article for the definitive version of this procedure and for full experimental details.

A typical experimental procedure is given for compound 1a. Isolated yield 1.75 g, 90%. 1H NMR (400.1 MHz, CD2Cl2, 30 °C): δ 7.43-7.34 (m, 4H, ArH), 7.34-7.25 (m, 6H, ArH), 3.59 (s, 1H, cage-CH), 3.50 (m, 1H, cage-CH), 3.10-1.30 (bm, 9H, cage-BH), 2.49 (bm, 2H, PCH2), 2.29 (m, 2H, SCH2); 13C{1H} NMR (100.6 MHz, CD2Cl2, 30 °C): δ 138.9 (d, ArC, JC-P= 14 Hz), 133.3 (d, ArC, JC-P= 18 Hz), 129.2 (s, ArC), 129.1 (d, ArC, JC-P= 6 Hz), 53.9 (s, cage-CH), 48.6 (s, cage-CH), 33.4 (d, AliphC, JC-P= 16 Hz), 29.6 (d, AliphC, JC-P= 23 Hz); 11B (128.4 MHz, CD2Cl2, 30 oC, BF3-Et2O): δ 7.4 (s, 1B-S), -2.4 (d, 1JB-H= 158 Hz, 1BH), -8.6 (d, 1JB-H= 156 Hz, 2BH), -11.6 to -17.7 (m, 6BH); 31P{1H} NMR (162.0 MHz, CD2Cl2, 30 °C): δ - 16.3 (s). Calculated for C16H25B10PS: C, 49.46; H, 6.49; found: C, 49.46; H, 6.22. Single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction studies were grown by slow evaporation from n-pentane in a NMR tube.