title: 7,8-Diphenyl-9-dimethylsulfido-10,11-mu-hydro-7, 8-dicarba-nido-undecaborane(9).
abstract: In the title compound, C(16)H(25)B(9)S, there are two crystallographically independent molecules, and the conformations of the phenyl and SMe(2) substituents indicate some intramolecular steric crowding. The bridging H atom is asymmetrically disposed. The title compound is a precursor to a crowded vertex-labelled nido carborane ligand important in establishing the mechanism of isomerization of icosahedral heteroboranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rosair
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Welch