Inorganic chemistry

Facile and mild deboronation of o-carboranes using cesium fluoride

J Yoo, JW Hwang, Y Do

Index: Yoo; Hwang; Do Inorganic Chemistry, 2001 , vol. 40, # 3 p. 568 - 570

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Abstract

The nido monoanion [7,8-C 2 B 9 H 12 ] - , which was first obtained by alcoholic base degradation of o-carborane 1 and substituted derivatives [7,8-R'R' '-7,8-C 2 B 9 H 12 ] - , are very important starting reagents for the syntheses of a wide range of metallacarborane compounds with potential applications as novel catalysts 2 and radiochemical drugs 3 as well as for the syntheses of several nido- and closo-carboranes and heteroboranes. 4 However, the deboronation using the ...