Abstract
The trtle compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbcn, with cell constants a= 15.N (2). b= 17.34(2). c= 18.85(2)A, Z= 4. The structure was determined by direct methods from X-ray single-crystai counter data and refined by least-squares calculations to R 0.0267 for 2 387 significant reflections.The [Rh15(CO)28C2]– anion has precise C2 symmetry idealizable to C2v. The Rh15 metal atom cluster can be described as a centted and tetracapped pentagonal prism in which the central atom is twelve-co-ordinated in a non-crystallographicfashion, with Rh–Rh distances ranging from 2.738 to 3.332(3)A. The two carbide-atoms occupy octahedral cavities, mean Rh–C 2.04 A. The carbonyl ligands are bound on the cluster surface, fourteen linearly and fourteen edge-bridging such that all the metal atoms are thrice-connected to the ligands. The molecular architecture is discussed and a growth mechanism of the cluster is proposed.
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