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List of works by Xavier L. R. Fontaine

A double cluster of ruthenium and boron; [1-η2-{(η6-C6Me6)2Ru2H4}-isocloso-1-RuB10H8-2,3-(OEt)2]

scientific article published in 1987

A novel eleven-vertex closo-type azametallaborane: [1-(η6-MeC6H4-4-Pri)-closo-1,2-RuNB9H10]

scientific article published in 1988

A unique acetylene-induced reductive PPh3→ PH3stripping of phenyl groups from triphenylphosphine ligands bound to a metallaborane ‘B-frame’ matrix

scientific article published in 1989

An interesting arachno eight-vertex tungstaborane: isolation and characterisation of the fluxional anion [3,3,3,3-(CO)4-arachno-WB7H12]?

scientific article published in 1987

An unusual direct conversion of metallaboranes to metallacarbaboranes and the isolation of a novel isoarachno twelve-vertex cluster compound

scientific article published in 1990

An unusual open twelve-vertex oxametallaborane cluster compound: synthesis and structure of [7-(η5-C5Me5)-8-Cl-11-(PMe2Ph)-nido-7,12-RhOB10H9]

scientific article published in 1985

Assigned cluster11B and1H NMR properties of [3-(η6-C6Me6)-closo-3,1,2-RuC2B9H11]

scientific article published in October 1989

Boron-11 and proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of anti-B18H22and its anions, anti-[B18H21]–and anti-[B18H20]2–. The crystal and molecular structure of [NMe4]2[anti-B18H20]

scientific article published in 1988

Comparative metallaborane chemistry: preparation and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of some nido-5-metalladecaboranes of rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium

scientific article published in 1988

Determination of the relative signs of2J(31P–31P) in complexes of tungsten(0) and molybdenum(0) using two-dimensional [31P–31P]-COSY-45 nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shift correlation

scientific article published in 1987

Direct evidence for N→B π-donation into a polyhedral borane cluster

scientific article published in 1989

Eleven-Vertex Polyhedral Dicarbaplatinaborane Chemistry. Aspects of the Chemistry of Some closo-Structured {1,2,3-PtC2B8} Species and Some Related Compounds

scientific article published in 1993

Eleven-vertex polyhedral monocarbaplatinaborane chemistry. Structure and fluxionality of [8,8-(PMe2Ph)2-nido-8,7-PtCB9H11]

scientific article published in 1993

Facile pathway-defined fluxional cluster isomerization in ten-vertex closo-2,1,6-metalladicarbaboranes of ruthenium and rhodium

scientific article published in 1988

Heterobimetallic B-frame complexes: novel isonido eleven-vertex rhodairidaboranes with Rh–H–Ir and B–H–B bridges

scientific article published in 1989

Homobimetallic B-frame species: [{(PPh3)2Ru}-(µ-MeCO2)3-(µ-H)2-{RuB10H7}], a unique diruthenaborane in which the metal atoms are linked by one-, two-, three-, and four-membered bridges

scientific article published in 1987

Identification of the endo,exo isomer of 6,9-(PMe2Ph)2-arachno-B10H12 by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

scientific article published in 1987

Increasing Diamonds

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. An X-ray diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance study of the double cluster 11-vertex: 11-vertex tetracarbaborane C4B18H22

scientific article published in 1996

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 10. Synthesis and characterisation of closo-structured rhodathiaborane complexes [1-(CO)-1-L-3-L′-1,2-RhSB9H8](L = L′= PPh3; L = PMe2Ph, L′= PMe2Ph or PPh3)

scientific article published in 1992

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 3. Synthesis of [2,2-(PR3)2-1,2-TePtB10H10](R3= Et3, Bun 3, or Me2Ph), their characterisation by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and the crystal and molecular structure of [2,2-(PEt3)2-1,2-TePtB10H10]

scientific article published in 1988

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 4. The synthesis of closo-[2,2-(PPh3)2-2-H-1,2-XMB10H10](X = Se or Te, M = Rh or Ir) compounds, their characterisation by nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, and the crystal and molecular structure of the X = Te

scientific article published in 1988

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 5. Synthesis of closo-[2,2-(PR3)2-1,2-SePtB10H10](R3= Et3, Bun 3 or Me2Ph) and arachno-[9,9-(PMe2Ph)2-6,9-SePtB8H10] and their characterisation by nuclear magnetic resonance techniques: the crystal and molecular st

scientific article published in 1989

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 6. Synthesis of closo-[2-(η-ligand)-1,2-TeMB10H10] complexes with M(η-ligand)= Rh(η5-C5Me5)(1), Ru(η6-p- MeC6H4Pri)(2), Ru(η6-C6Me6)(3), and of nido-[6-(η6-C6Me6)-8-(OEt)-6-RuB9H12](4), their characterisation

scientific article published in 1990

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 7. Synthesis, crystal structure, and characterisation of two dinuclear rhodatelluraboranes, [{(PPh3)2RhTeB10H10}2] and [(PPh3)(CO)Rh2Te2B20H20]

scientific article published in 1990

Metallaheteroborane chemistry. Part 9. Syntheses and spectroscopy of platinum and palladium phosphine complexes containing η5-{As2B9}-based cluster ligands. Crystal structures of [3,3-L2-closo-3,1,2-PtAs2B9H9](L = PPh3or PMe2Ph) and [3-Cl-3,8-(PPh3)

scientific article published in 1991

Metallheteroborane chemistry. Part 8.—NMR study of some arsena- and stibaboranes and of the rhodadiarsenaboranes [3,3-(PPh3)2-3-(H)-closo-3,1,2-RhAs2B9H9] and [3-(η5-C5Me5)-closo-3,1,2-RhAs2B9H9]

scientific article published in July 1991

Nine- and Eight-Vertex Polyhedral Dicarbaborane Chemistry: New arachno and hypho Dicarbaboranes from arachno-4,5-C2B7H13: Isolation and Characterization of the [arachno-4,5-C2B7H12]- and [hypho-7,8-C2B6H13]- Anions, and of the Neutral Ligand Derivati

scientific article published in 1994

Novel bonding mode and reaction of a phosphonium-betaine ligand S2C(H)(PPh3). Synthesis of the [Rh(XB10H10){S2C(H)(PPh3)}]2 dimers (X = Se, Te) and X-ray diffraction study of the te-compound

scientific article published in 1989

Novel rhodathiaborane complexes derived from [(PPh3)2RhSB9H10]

scientific article published in 1990

Open cluster configurations of [1,1-(PPh3)2-1-H-1,2,4-IrC2B8H10] and other formally Wadian 24-electron 11-vertex species

scientific article published in May 1989

Organoruthenaborane Chemistry. VIII. Reactions of [{(?6-C6Me6)RuCl2}2] and [{(?6-MeC6H4lPr)RuCl2}2] with Cs[arachno-6-SB9H12]: Isolation of ten-, eleven-, and twelve-vertex ruthenathiaboranes and their characterization by N.M.R. spectroscopy

scientific article published in September 1991

Organoruthenaborane Chemistry. X. The SM2-catalysed formation of [ l-(?6-C6Me6)-isocloso-RuB9H9], and some B-phenylamino derivatives. NMR and X-ray diffraction studies

scientific article published in October 1992

Organoruthenaborane chemistry. Part 5. Products of the reaction between closo-[B10H10]2–and [(η6-C6Me6)ClRuB3H8]. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies and the crystal and molecular structure of [{(η6-C6Me6)2Ru2H4}RuB10H8(OEt)2]

scientific article published in 1987

Organoruthenaborane chemistry. Part 6. The reaction of [{Ru(η6-C6Me6)Cl2}2] with the closo-[B10H10]2–anion: characterisation of some closo-type eleven-vertex 1-ruthenaundecaboranes and the molecular structure of [5-(η-6-C6Me6)-6-(OMe)-nido-5-RuB9

scientific article published in 1988

Organoruthenaborane chemistry. Part 7. Preparation, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance properties of eleven-vertex closo-type clusters: [2,4-Me2-1 -(pcym)-1,2,4-RuC2B8H8], [2,3-Me2-1 -(pcym)-1,2,3-RuC2B8H8], [1-(pcym)-1-RuB10H10] and

scientific article published in 1990

Oxarhodaborane chemistry: the formation of [µ-9,9′-O-{5-(η5-C5Me5)-nido-5-RhB9H12}2] and [7-(η5-C5Me5)-10-(NEt3)-nido-7, 12-RhOB10H10] from [nido-(η5-C5Me5)RhB10H13Cl]

scientific article published in 1990

Oxidative and cluster Aufbau reactions of nido-6-metalladeaboranes induced by Lewis bases such as SMe2: high-yield formation of [1-(η6-C6Me6)-isocloso-1-RuB9H9] and the molecular structure of the Rh-commo-(isonido-eleven-vertex)-(closo-ten-vertex)co

scientific article published in 1989

Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodaborane chemistry. Part 1. High-yield planned synthesis, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance properties of the ten-vertex nido-6-rhodadecaborane [(η5-C5Me5)RhB9H13]

scientific article published in 1986

Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodaborane chemistry. Part 2. The reaction of [6-(η5-C5Me5)-nido-6-RhB9H13] with dimethylphenylphosphine, and the characterization of [5-(η5-C5Me5)-nido-5-RhB9H11-7-(PMe2Ph)], [2-(η5-C5Me5)-closo-2-RhB9H7-3,10-(PMe2Ph)2

scientific article published in 1987

Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodaborane chemistry. Part 3. The reaction of [{Rh(η5-C5Me5)Cl2}2] with closo-[B10H10]2–and arachno-B10H12-6,9-(PMe2Ph)2, and the characterisation of some novel rhodaboranes by X-ray diffraction analysis and nuclear mag

scientific article published in 1987

Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodaborane chemistry. Part 4. The isolation, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance study of an interesting phosphino-bridged arachno-type nine-vertex rhodaborane [2,5-(µ-PPh2)-1-(PHPh2)-2-(η5-C5Me5)-2-RhB8H

scientific article published in 1988

Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodaborane chemistry. Part 5. Preparation, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the arachno ten-vertex rhodadecaboranes [6-(η5-C5Me5)-6,9-(RNC)2-arachno-6-RhB9H11](R = Me or p-MeC6H4)

scientific article published in 1988

Polyhedral Azaborane Chemistry: NMR Parameters for the Unique Eight-Boron Polyhedral Species [(C2H5NH2)B8H11NHC2H5]

scientific article published in 1996

Polyhedral Azaplatinaborane Chemistry. Reaction of Members of the hypho-Type Family R'H2NB8H11NHR with [PtCl2(PMe2Ph)2] and [PtCl2(PPh3)2]. Formation of Members of the Family of Open Seven-Boron Species [3,3-(PMe2Ph)2-3-PtB7H10-μ-5,6-(NHR)]

scientific article published in 1999

Polyhedral Ruthenaborane Chemistry Preparation, Molecular Structure, and N.M.R. Properties of the Mixed-Ligand Eleven-Vertexisocloso-Type Compound [1,1-(PMe3) (PPh3)-closo-1-RuB10H8-2,3-(OEt)2]

scientific article published in October 1987

Polyhedral iridamonocarbaborane chemistry. Two ten-vertex arachno-6,9-iridacarbadecaboranes and some related ten-vertex carbaborane chemistry. Comparative nuclear magnetic resonance studies and the molecular structure of [asym-9-(CO)-9,9-(PPh3)2-9-H-

scientific article published in 1990

Polyhedral iridathiaborane chemistry. Reactions of nido-6-SB9H11and of [arachno-6-SB9H12]–with [{Ir(η5-C5Me5)Cl2}2] to give nido-8,7-iridathiaundecarboranes. A nuclear magnetic resonance and structural study

scientific article published in 1991

Polyhedral metallacarbaborane chemistry: preparation, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of [3-(η5-C5Me5)-closo-3,1,2-MC2B9H11] (M = Rh or Ir)

scientific article published in 1990

Polyhedral metallaphosphaborane chemistry: the preparation, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance study of [2-Ph-1,1-(PMe2Ph)2-closo-1,2-PtPB10H10], and some related chemistry

scientific article published in 1990

Polyhedral organoiridaborane chemistry. The reaction of MeNC with [6-(η5- C5Me5)-nido-6-IrB9H13]. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies and the crystal and molecular structure of [4,4-(η5-C5Me5)(MeNC)-arachno-4-IrB8H12]

scientific article published in 1989

Polyhedral thiaborane chemistry: a comparative nuclear magnetic resonance study of arachno-[6-SB9H12]? and nido-6-SB9H11

scientific article published in 1988

Preparation and structure of [7-(η5-C5Me5)-8-Cl-11-(PMe2Ph)-nido-7-RhB10H11], a metallaborane analogue of the fluxional borane anion nido-B11H14–

scientific article published in 1985

Preparation of Smaller Nine- and Ten-Vertex Monocarbaborane Cages by the Selective Dismantling of Twelve-Vertex Dicarbaboranes via the [nido-7,9-C2B10H13]- Anion. Synthesis of the Monocarbaborane Base Adducts endo-9-Me-8-(NMe3)-arachno-6-CB9H12, 9-Me

scientific article published in June 1994

Preparation of [(C5Me5)2Rh2B17H19]via a degradative insertion from anti-B18H22, and a possible mechanism for anti→syn macropolyhedral interconversion

scientific article published in 1986

Preparation, structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance properties of the nine-vertex nido-rhenaborane [(PMe2Ph)3H2ReB8H11] and some related chemistry

scientific article published in 1988

Quantitative thermal rearrangement of an eleven-vertex metalladicarbaborane to give the isomeric cluster nido-[2-(η6-C6Me6)-8,10-Me2-2,8,10-OsC2B8H8] with an unexpected BCBCB open face

scientific article published in 1987

Signs of interphosphorus nuclear spin coupling constants in octahedral transition-metal complexes containing chelated phosphine ligands

scientific article published in March 1988

Stepwise reduction of MeNC to Me2NH on a metallaborane substrate: an interesting reaction sequence and the molecular structure of [µ-6,9-(NMe2)-10-(PMe2Ph)-5-(η6-C6Me6)-arachno-5-RuB9H10]

scientific article published in 1989

Synthesis, molecular structure, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the anionic monocarbametallaborane [NEt4][(CO)3(PPh3)(OH)-closo-MoCB10H10]·CH2Cl2

scientific article published in 1987

Ten-Vertex Polyhedral Rhodadicarbaborane Chemistry. Molecular Structure, NMR Properties, and Cluster Dynamic Behaviour of [2,2,2-(PPh3)2H-closo-2,1,6-RhC2B7H9]

scientific article published in 1993

Ten-vertex polyhedral monoheteroborane chemistry: syntheses, molecular structures, and nuclear magnetic resonance characterization of some 9-substituted 6-aza- and 6-thia-arachno-decaboranes

scientific article published in 1996

The preparation of [Ru(NCMe)6][7-(η6-C6Me6)-nido-7-RuB10H13]2and its characterization by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a triply hydrogen-bridged eleven-vertex nido-7-metallaundecaborane

scientific article published in 1987

Two-dimensional1H–1H COSY n.m.r. spectroscopy in polyhedral boron hydride chemistry

scientific article published in 1986