the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20925104,90713023,20771055,20721002);the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (2006CB806104);the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB925101,2010CB923303)
The reaction of the 16e half-sandwich complex Cp*Co(S2C2B10H10) (1) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) with excess methyl acetylene monocarboxylate, HC≡C-CO2Me, affords the 18e complexes 2-6. Compound 2 bears a B-CH...