title: Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of o-carboranyl with aryl iodides: facile synthesis of 1-aryl-o-carboranes and 1,2-diaryl-o-carboranes.
abstract: A nickel-catalyzed arylation at the carbon center of o-carborane cages has been developed, thus leading to the preparation of a series of 1-aryl-o-carboranes and 1,2-diaryl-o-carboranes in high yields upon isolation. This method represents the first example of transition metal catalyzed C,C'-diarylation by cross-coupling reactions of o-carboranyl with aryl iodides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong (China).
authors.forename: Cen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong (China). zxie@cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Zuowei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D007454:Iodides / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D007454:Iodides; D002244:Carbon; D009532:Nickel
keywords: CC formation; arylation; cross-coupling; homogeneous catalysis; nickel