Monocarbaborane chemistry. Preparation and characterisation of [4-CB8H9]-, the 'missing' closo-carbaborane anion

T Jelínek; B Stíbr; J Holub; M Bakardjiev; D Hnyk; D L Ormsby; C A Kilner; M Thornton-Pett; H J Schanz; B Wrackmeyer; J D Kennedy

doi:10.1039/b103408c

Monocarbaborane chemistry. Preparation and characterisation of [4-CB8H9]-, the 'missing' closo-carbaborane anion

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Sep 21:(18):1756-7. doi: 10.1039/b103408c.

Authors

T Jelínek¹, B Stíbr, J Holub, M Bakardjiev, D Hnyk, D L Ormsby, C A Kilner, M Thornton-Pett, H J Schanz, B Wrackmeyer, J D Kennedy

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK LS2 9JT.

PMID: 12240300
DOI: 10.1039/b103408c

Abstract

Thermolysis in the solid state of Cs+[arachno-CB9H14]-, or of Cs+[nido-CB9H12]-, or the oxidation of nido-1-CB8H12 with I2 in THF at -78 degrees C in the presence of NEt3, gives the first nine-vertex closo monocarbaborane, the stable [closo-4-CB8H9]- anion, in yields of 56, 61 and 75%, respectively.