title: Aromatic polyhedral hydroxyborates: bridging boron oxides and boron hydrides.
abstract: No explosion, but per-B-hydroxylation occurs if the icosahedral boron hydrides [closo-B12 H12 ](2-) (see picture), [closo-CB11 H12 ](-) , or closo-1,12-(CH2 OH)2 -1,12-C2 B10 H10 are refluxed in 30 % hydrogen peroxide. Thus, the three isoelectronic species [closo-B12 (OH)12 ](2-) , [closo-1-H-1-CB11 (OH)11 ](-) , and closo-1,12-H2 -1,12-C2 B10 (OH)10 were obtained. ○=BH, ○=BOH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA, Fax: (+1) 310-825-5490.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peymann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Knobler
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hawthorne
keywords: Borates; Boron; Clusters; Hydroxylation; Polyhedral borane anions