The complex Zr(9-BBN)
4 [9-BBN = (
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-H)
2BC
8H
14] has been synthesized via the reaction of K(9-BBN) with ZrCl
4in diethyl ether. The structure of the title compound has been determined by X-ray and neutron single-crystaldiffraction techniques. Each 9-BBN ligand is coordinated to the Zr atom via two B-H-Zr bridges, and these metal-ligand bonding interactions are further augmented by three prominent C-H···Zr agostic interactions. Average molecularparameters derived from the neutron analysis: Zr-H = 2.051(8) &
Aring;, B-H = 1.286(7) Å, Zr···B = 2.409(6) Å,Zr-H-B = 87.7(4)
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, H-Zr-H = 58.9(3)
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. The Zr···H distances corresponding to the three C-H···Zr agosticinteractions are 2.424(7), 2.663(8), and 2.551(7) Å. The fourth potential C-H···Zr interaction has a Zr···H distance[3.146(7) Å] that is too long to be considered in the agostic range. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were collectedon an Enraf-Nonius Kappa CCD diffraction system, and neutron diffraction data were collected on the quasi-Lauediffractometer VIVALDI at the Institut Laue-Langevin; the final agreement factor for the neutron analysis is 6.52%for 2557 reflections with
I > 2
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(
I).