Sterically Hindered and Robust Pnictogen Ligands Derived from Carboranes: Synthesis and X-ray Structure Determination of Tris(1‘-methyl(1,2-dicarba-c loso-dodecaboran-1-yl))phosphine, Tris(1‘-methyl(1,2-dicarba-c loso-dodecaboran-1-yl))arsine and Chloro(Tris(1‘-methyl(1,2-dicarba-c loso-dodecaboran-1-yl))phosphine)gold(I)

Sterically hindered phosphine and arsine ligands derived from ortho-carborane were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Tris(1'-methyl(1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran-1-yl))phosphine, 2 (crystal data, hexagonal, space group P6(3), a = b = 12.251(3) A, c = 11.514(4) A, alpha = beta = 90 degrees, gamma = 120 degrees, V = 1496.6(7) A(3), Z = 2, R(1) = 0.0568) and tris(1'-methyl(1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran-1-yl))arsine, 3 …