Polyborane reactions in ionic liquids: new efficient routes to functionalized decaborane and o-carborane clusters.
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.
Kusari
Upal
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Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA.
Li
Yuqi
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Bradley
Mark G
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Sneddon
Larry G
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