Halogenation of cubane under phase-transfer conditions: Single and double CH-bond substitution with conservation of the cage structure

AA Fokin, O Lauenstein, PA Gunchenko…

Index: Fokin; Lauenstein; Gunchenko; Schreiner Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 9 p. 1842 - 1847

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Abstract

The first highly selective CH chlorination, bromination, and iodination of cubane (1) utilizing polyhalomethanes as halogen sources under phase-transfer (PT) conditions is described. Isomeric dihalocubanes with all possible combinations of chlorine, bromine, and iodine in ...