Abstract:
CONTENTS I. Introduction 424 II. Structure and reactivity of decaborane 425 III. Deuterium exchange in decaborane 427 IV. Pyrolysis of decaborane 428 V. Hydrolysis, alcoholysis, and thiolysis 428 VI. Decaborane as an acid 429 VII. Decaborane Grignard reagents and sodium tridecahydrodecaborate(1-) 429 VIII. Nucleophilic substitution in decaborane 430 IX. Electrophilic substitutions 432 X. The stable anion B10H102- 432 XI. Carboranes 434