Synthesis and molecular structure of a manganese tricarbonyl complex based on 5,6-nido-C2B8H12 carborane

The anionic manganese tricarbonyl complex [1,1,1-(CO)3-isonido-1,2,4-MnC2B8H10]–was synthesized in the form of PPN and tmdaH salts (PPN is bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium, tmda is N,N,N’,N’-tetramethyl-1,8-diaminonaphthalene) by the reaction of the deprotonated form of the medium-size non-icosahedral carborane 5,6-nido-C2B8H12 with Mn(CO)5Br. The structure of the complex [tmdaH][1,1,1-(CO)3-isonido-1,2,4-MnC2B8H10] was deter-mined by X-ray diffraction. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.