Structure and Dynamics in Metal Tetrahydroborates. II.1 Vibrational Spectra and Structures of Some Transition Metal and Actinide Tetrahydroborates

Tobin J. Marks, William J. Kennelly, John R. Kolb, Lawrence A. Shimp

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Abstract

Vibrational spectroscopy allows a reasonably unambiguous distinction to be made between monodentate, bidentate, and tridentate hydrogen-bridged metal-BH4 interactions for covalent organo-transition metal and-actinide tetrahydroborates. The following compounds have bidentate structures: (h5-C5H5)2Ti(BH4), (h5-C5H3)2Zr(BH4)2, and (h5-C5H5)2Zr(H)(BH4); the organoactinides (h5-C5H5)3U(BH4) and (h5-C5H5)3Th(BH4) have tridentate geometries. Data on these systems can be understood in terms of analogies with other organometallic systems (7r-allyls). The synthesis of (h5-C5H5)3Th(BH4) is also reported.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2540-2546
Number of pages7
JournalInorganic chemistry
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 1972

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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