The syntheses of the complexes [Y][RuX(L)(PPh
3)(
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
11)] (X = Cl, Y = K(18-crown-6), L = CO (
1), PPh
3 (
2); X = I, Y = NEt
4, L = CO (
3)) are reported, and the structureof
3 has been established by an X-ray diffraction study. The anion adopts the "piano stool"structure with the ruthenium atom
5-coordinated on one side by a
nido-7,8-C
2B
9H
11 groupand on the other by the CO, PPh
3, and I ligands. Treatment of
1 with TlPF
6 in THF(tetrahydrofuran) affords solutions of the labile species [Ru(THF)(CO)(PPh
3)(
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
11)](
5), which readily react with a 3-fold excess of the monosubstituted alkynes RC
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CH (R =Ph, Bu
t, SiMe
3). The product from PhC
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CH is [Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(
2:
5-9-(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Ph-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)] (
8), the structure of which was determined by X-ray crystallography. The metalatom is
5-coordinated by the open face of the
nido-7,8-C
2B
9 cage and also
2-coordinated bythe C=C bond of the
E-C(H)=C(H)Ph group, the latter being attached to a boron atom in an
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-site with respect to the carbons of the
CCBBB ring ligating the ruthenium. Reactionbetween
5 and Bu
tC
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CH gives [Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(
2:
5-9-(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t-10-(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t-7,8-C
2B
9H
9)] (
9). The
2 bonding mode of the 9-(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t group to the metal isdisplaced in reactions with PMe
3, CNBu
t, and CO, yielding the species [Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(L)(
5-9,10-{(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t}
2-7,8-C
2B
9H
9)] (L = PMe
3 (
10), CNBu
t (
11), CO (
12)). The alkyneMe
3SiC
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CH reacts with
5 in the presence of traces of moisture to give [Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(
2:
5-9-C(H)=CH
2-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)] (
13), having a molecular structure closely related to that of
8, as confirmed by an X-ray diffraction study. Compound
13 reacts with CNBu
t to afford[Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(CNBu
t)(
5-9-C(H)=CH
2-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)] (
14), studied by X-ray diffraction, andwith PMe
3 to give the ylide complex [Ru(CO)(PPh
3)(
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:
5-9-C(H)(PMe
3)CH
2-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)] (
15).The NMR data (
1H,
13C{
1H},
11B{
1H}) are reported and discussed.