Abstract
In contrast to reactions that have been observed in traditional organic solvents, decaborane olefin-hydroboration and alkyne-insertion reactions proceed in ionic liquid (IL) solvents without the need of a catalyst. These reactions now provide important new, high-yield synthetic pathways to functionalized decaborane and ortho-carborane clusters. As illustrated by the synthesis of n-B18H22, ILs can also provide an inert reaction medium for carrying out dehydrocondensation reactions leading to higher fused cage compounds.
Conference
International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON-XII), International Symposium on Boron Chemistry, IMEB, Boron Chemistry, 12th, Sendai, Japan, 2005-09-11–2005-09-15
Published Online: 2009-01-01
Published in Print: 2006-01-01
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