title: Reduction of hydroxy-functionalised carbaboranyl carboxylic acids to tertiary alcohols by organolithium reagents.
abstract: Reduction of hydroxy-functionalised carbaboranyl carboxylic acids by organolithium reagents yields the corresponding tertiary alcohols. This is in contrast to exo-polyhedral C-C bond cleavage of unsubstituted carbaboranyl carboxylic acids upon reaction with lithium organyls. The proposed dimeric contact ion pairs may also explain the formation of tertiary alcohols instead of the expected ketones.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. hey@uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Wilma
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiller
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lönnecke
authors.forename: Evamarie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hey-Hawkins