A simple entry into nido-C2B10clusters: HCl promoted cleavage of the C–C bond in ortho-carboranyl diphosphines†‡§
Abstract
Treatment of the diphosphines ortho-B10H10C(PtBu2)C(PR2) (R = Et, Cy, Ph) with HCl gives the zwitterionic, nido-12-vertex species B10H10C(PHtBu2)C(PClR2); these reactions are reversed by the addition of NEt3.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S. in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday