The exopolyhedral ligand orientation (ELO) in 3-(nitrato-κO)-3,3-bis(triphenylphosphane-κP)-3-rhoda-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(11) dichloromethane 2.2-solvate
In the title compound, [Rh(C2H11B9)(NO3)(C18H15P)2]·2.2CH2Cl2, studied as a 2.2-solvate of what was assumed to be dichloromethane, the nitrate ligand liesciswith respect to both cage C atoms. Accordingly, the compound displays a pronounced preferred exopolyhedral ligand orientation (ELO) which is traced to both the greatertransinfluence of the cage B over the cage C atoms and the greatertransinfluence of the triphenylphosphane ligands over the nitrate ligand. The overall molecular architecture therefore agrees with that of a number of similar 3-L-3,3-L′2-3,1,2-closo-MC2B9H11species in the literature.</jats:p
