Organo carboranes

Carboranes and Organo-Substituted Boron Hydrides Thomas Onak... 

Redistribution Equilibria of Organometallic Compounds, 6, 171 Radiochemistry of Organometallic Compounds, 11, 207 Strengths of Metal-to-Carbon Bonds, 2, 49 Structural Aspects of Organotin Chemistry, 5, 137 Structural Chemistry of Organo-Transition Metal Complexes, 3, Structures of Organolithium Compounds, 3, 365 Transition Metal-Carborane Complexes, 8, 87 Transition Metal-Isocyanide Complexes, 11, 21... 

Metallorganic carborane polymers are synthesized by reaction of group-IV organo-metallic dihalides with dialkali-metal derivatives of meta- and para-carboranes . ... 

Other Applications. DBBS has been used for the synthesis of boronic acid-based calix[6]arene) (acts as a singlechain surfactant at the air-water interface), 14-vertex carborane, and 14-vertex metallocarborane, 14- and 15-vertex ruthenacarboranes, and organo-tricyanoborates as tectons. ... 

The C—H bonds in doso-carboranes are appreciably acidic. Reaction of 1,2-with butyllithium yields lithio derivatives which provide a starting point for an extensive chemistry of organo-substituted carboranes. Heat resistant silicone polymers have been developed commercially which include carboranes in their backbones. The equilibrium lies to the left in benzene, so the mono-... 

Transition metal complexes of boron hydrides and carboranes also have been reported recently. The number of papers concerned with this fascinating new area of inorganic chemistry is steadily increasing, and the topic could develop into a distinct research area comparable to coordination and organo-... 

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