Publications 2003 – 2008

  1. Metallaboranes of The Early Transition Metals: Direct synthesis and characterization of [{(n5-C5Me5)Ta}2BnHm] (n = 4, m = 10; n = 5, m = 11), [{(n5-C5Me5)Ta}2B5H10(C6H5CH3)] and [{(n5-C5Me5)TaCl}2B5H11]. S. K. Bose, K. Geetharani, B. Varghese, S. M. Mobin and S. Ghosh. Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 9058.[pdf]
  2. Expansion of iridaborane clusters by addition of monoborane. Novel metallaboranes and mechanistic detail, S. Ghosh, B. C. Noll and T. P. Fehlner, Dalton Trans., 2008, 371.[pdf]
  3. Linked and Fused Tungstaborane Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Structures of bis-{(n5-C5Me5W)2B5H8}2 and (n5-C5Me5W)2 {Fe(CO)3}nB6-nH10-n, n = 0,1: S. K. Bose, S. Ghosh, B. C. Noll, J-F. Halet, J-Y. Saillard and A. Vega, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 5377.[pdf]
  4. Condensed Metallaborane Clusters: Synthesis and Structure of Fe2(CO)6(n5-C5Me5RuCO)(n5-C5Me5Ru)B6H10. S. Ghosh, T. P. Fehlner and B. C. Noll, Chem. Commun., 2005, 3080.[pdf]
  5. Borane Mimics of Classic Organometallic Compounds: [(Cp*Ru)(B8H14)(RuCp*)]0,+1 Isoelectronic Analogues of Dinuclear Pentalene Complexes. S. Ghosh, B. C. Noll and T. P. Fehlner, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 6568. [pdf] (Selected as HOT PAPER in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005)
  6. Insertion of B-X (X = Cl, SMe2) Moieties into Ruthenaborane Frameworks: Synthesis and Characterization of (n5-C5Me5Ru)2(µ-H)B4HmCln, (m,n = 4,3; 5,2 and 7,2); closo-1-(SMe2)-2,3-(n5-C5Me5Ru)2(µ3-H)B5HCl3, and closo-2,3-(n5-C5Me5Ru)2B6H3Cl3. S. Ghosh, T. P. Fehlner, A. M. Beatty and B. C. Noll, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 2473.[pdf]
  7. Synthesis and Characterization of exo–2-BH(n5-C5Me5M)2B9H14, M = Ru, Re, and Conversion of the Ruthenaborane into (n5-C5Me5Ru)2B10H16 with an Open Cluster Framework Based on a Capped Truncated Tetrahedron, S. Ghosh, B. C. Noll and T. P. Fehlner, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2916.[pdf]
  8. Synthesis and Characterization of Hypoelectronic Rhenaboranes. Analysis of the Geometric and Electronic Structures of Species Following Neither Borane nor Metal Cluster Electron Counting Paradigms, B. L. Guennic, H. Jiao,S. Kahlal, J-Y. Saillard,J-F. Halet, S. Ghosh,A. M. Beatty,A. L. Rheingold and T. P. Fehlner, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 3203.[pdf]
  9. Transition-Metal Variation as a Probe of the Origins of Hypoelectronic Metallaboranes: Eight- and Ten-Vertex Open Ruthenaboranes. S. Ghosh, A. M. Beatty and T. P. Fehlner, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 4678.[pdf]