Silicon Insertion into Boranes - A Rational Synthetic Route to Silicon-Containing Heteroboranes

Dopke JA; Bridges AN; Schmidt MR; Gaines DF

Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.35, No.25, 7186-7187, 1996

Dopke JA, Bridges AN, Schmidt MR, Gaines DF

The reactive dianion nido-B10H122- has been shown to insert silicon moieties to generate heteroundecaboranes of the form 7-R-7-SiB10H12-. NMR data for two new derivatives (R = H, Ph) are presented in addition to a proposed mechanism of insertion.