Abstract
The complete series of hydrogen-rich six-vertex cyclopentadienyl dimetallaboranes Cp2M2B4H8 (Cp = η5-C5H5; M = Ir, Ru/Os, Re, Mo/W, and Ta), including the experimentally known Ir, Ru, and Re derivatives synthesized by Fehlner and co-workers, have now been examined by density functional theory. The nature of the central M2B4 polyhedra in the lowest energy Cp2M2B4H8 structures relates to the skeletal electron count as determined by the Wade–Mingos rules. Thus, the lowest energy Cp2Ir2B4H8 structures with 16 Wadean skeletal electrons have central pentagonal-pyramidal Ir2B4 units similar to that of the known pentagonal-pyramidal B6H10. The lowest energy Cp2M2B4H8 (M = Ru, Os) structures with 14 Wadean skeletal electrons have central capped-tetragonal-pyramidal rather than octahedral M2B4 units. However, isomeric Cp2M2B4H8 (M = Ru, Os) structures with central M2B4 octahedra are found at energies starting at ∼15 kcal/mol (M = Ru) and ∼10 kcal/mol (M = Os) above the capped-tetragonal-pyramidal global minima. The...
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