title: Quenched gas-phase reactions of tetraborane(10), B4H10, with substituted alkynes: new nido-dicarbapentaboranes and arachno-monocarbapentaboranes.
abstract: New alkyl derivatives of the nido-dicarbapentaborane, 1,2-C(2)B(3)H(7), and arachno-carbapentaborane, 1-CB(4)H(10), have been identified as the main volatile carbaborane products in quenched gas-phase reactions of tetraborane(10), B(4)H(10), with alkyl-substituted ethynes RC[triple bond]CR' (R = Me, Et, (n)Pr or (t)Bu, R' = H; R = Me or Et, R' = Me). The gaseous mixtures were heated at 70 degrees C, and monitored by gas-phase mass spectrometry. Each reaction was quenched when the ethyne was used up. The quenched gas-phase reaction of B(4)H(10) and Me(3)SiC[triple bond]CH gave a single volatile carbaborane product, 1-Me(3)Si-1,2-C(2)B(3)H(6).
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Durham University, South Rd, Durham, UK. m.a.fox@durham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greatrex
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nikrahi