Further Miscellaneous Boron-Bridged Trinuclear Carbonyls

3 Further Miscellaneous Boron-Bridged Trinuclear Carbonyls 

P(CH3)3. UV-photoelectron spectroscopy and Fenske-Hall molecular orbital calculations have been used to compare the species and its derivatives with the analogous cluster (p-H)2(CO)9-OS3CCO and its derivatives. The conclusions of the study are that when bound to a metal cluster, boron can act as pseudometal atom. Apparently the orbitals of the apical boron atom are less stable than those of an apical carbon atom and thus are in a better position to interact with high-lying metal orbitals [12]. 

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