title: Polyborane reactions in ionic liquids: new efficient routes to functionalized decaborane and o-carborane clusters.
abstract: In contrast to reactions that have been observed in traditional organic solvents, decaborane olefin-hydroboration and alkyne-insertion reactions have been found to proceed in ionic liquid solvents without the need of a catalyst. These reactions now provide important new, high-yield synthetic pathways to functionalized decaborane and o-carborane clusters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA.
authors.forename: Upal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kusari
authors.forename: Yuqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Larry G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Sneddon