Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Synthesis of the nineteen vertex monocarbaborane [9-(terBuNH2)-(anti)-9-CB18H20] by direct carbon-atom Aufbau

Tomás Jelínek; Ivana Císarová; Bohumil Stíbr; John D Kennedy

doi:10.1039/b714631k

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. Synthesis of the nineteen vertex monocarbaborane [9-(terBuNH2)-(anti)-9-CB18H20] by direct carbon-atom Aufbau

Dalton Trans. 2007 Nov 14:(42):4766-8. doi: 10.1039/b714631k. Epub 2007 Oct 3.

Authors

Tomás Jelínek¹, Ivana Císarová, Bohumil Stíbr, John D Kennedy

Affiliation

¹ The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 25068, Rez-by-Prague, The Czech Republic.

PMID: 17955128
DOI: 10.1039/b714631k

Abstract

[9-((ter)BuNH(2))-(anti)-9-CB(18)H(20)], in 36% yield from anti-B(18)H(22), sodium naphthalene and (ter)BuNC, constitutes the first example of a clean cluster carbon-addition Aufbau to form a macropolyhedral carbaborane.