Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry

[{RuCl2(η6-MeC6H4isoPr)}2] with syn-[B18H22] and base results in a syn-anti configurational change with the formation of [8-(η6-MeC6H4isoPr)-8-RuB17H21] of 18-vertex anti 10-vertex-nido-10-vertex-nido configuration.