Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, Vol. 75, No. 9, pp. 1207-1210
doi:10.1351/pac200375091207
Rearrangements in the nona-and azanonaborane clusters*
M. El-Zaria, U. Dörfler, and D. Gabel
Department of Chemistry, University of Bremen, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
Abstract:
In the conversion of nonaboranes B9H13SMe2 to azanonaboranes B8NH11-NHR, one boron atom is lost. This boron atom was identified, and a pathway for the rearrangement of the cluster is proposed, based on the fate of covalently labeled boron atoms.
*Lecture presented at the XIth International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XI), Moscow, Russia, 28 July - 2 August 2002. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 1157-1355.