Unprecedented steric deformation of ortho-carborane

Brian W. Hutton; Fraser MacIntosh; David Ellis; Fabien Herisse; Stuart A. Macgregor; David McKay; Victoria Petrie-Armstrong; Georgina M. Rosair; Dmitry S. Perekalin; Hugo Tricas; Alan J. Welch

doi:10.1039/B810702E

Unprecedented steric deformation of ortho-carborane†

Brian W. Hutton,^a Fraser MacIntosh,^a David Ellis,^a Fabien Herisse,^a Stuart A. Macgregor,*^a David McKay,^a Victoria Petrie-Armstrong,^a Georgina M. Rosair,^a Dmitry S. Perekalin,^a Hugo Tricas^a and Alan J. Welch*^a

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Abstract

The reduction and subsequent oxidation of meta-carboranes containing bulky groups attached to the cage C atoms affords sterically-crowded ortho-carboranes with unprecedentedly long C–C connectivities.

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Unprecedented steric deformation of ortho-carborane†

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