title: Phosphine-catalyzed cage carbon functionalization of o-carborane: facile synthesis of alkenylcarboranes.
abstract: A phosphine-catalyzed alkenylation reaction of o-carborane with electron-deficient alkynes at the C-H vertex of the o-carborane cage has been developed, which led to the preparation of a series of 1-alkenyl-o-carboranes in moderate to very good yields with excellent regio- and stereoselectivity. This highly efficient and simple method represents the first example of organophosphine catalyzed C-H functionalization of o-carborane.
authors: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. chjiag@ust.hk.
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authors: Zheng
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