User:OrganoMetallurgy/Drafts/p-Carborane

OrganoMetallurgy/Drafts/p-Carborane
Identifiers
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Structure

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Icosahedral cluster Distance between carbon atoms is similar to those in benzene

Reactivity

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Can be deprotonated at its carbon by alkyllithium
Undergoes electrophilic substitution at the boron atoms

Synthesis

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Thermal rearrangment of o-carborane

 
Thermal rearrangment of o-carborane to p-carborane

Applications

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Subtituted derivatives.

References

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