Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 949-952
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020949
New Multigram-Scale Preparation of 1,10-Dicarba-closo-decaborane
Josef Holub, Tomáš Jelínek and Zbyněk Janoušek*
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 250 68 Řež, Czech Republic
Abstract
Ten vertex p-carborane, 1,10-C2B8H10 (1), has been prepared in high yield from nido-carborane 5,6-C2B8H12 (2) in one pot reaction by thermal dehydrogenation followed by skeletal rearrangement.
Keywords: Boranes; Carboranes; Ten-vertex; nido-Carborane; p-Carborane; closo-Carborane; Plešek oxidation; Rearrangements.
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