title: Unprecedented steric deformation of ortho-carborane.
abstract: The reduction and subsequent oxidation of meta-carboranes containing bulky groups attached to the cage C atoms affords sterically-crowded ortho-carboranes with unprecedentedly long C-C connectivities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hutton
authors.forename: Fraser
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: MacIntosh
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herisse
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Macgregor
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrie-Armstrong
authors.forename: Georgina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rosair
authors.forename: Dmitry S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Perekalin
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tricas
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Welch