Abstract
This work describes a general method for the efficient production of a class of cage B-centered carboranyl radicals at the B3, B4, and B9 sites via a visible-light-promoted palladium(0)/palladium(I) pathway using readily available iodo-o-carboranes as the starting materials. The electrophilicities of these hypervalent boron-centered radicals decrease in the following order: B3 > B4 > B9. They are useful intermediates for the preparation of a family of cage B-(hetero)arylated o-carboranes at ambient temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7497-7501 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 41 |
| Early online date | 6 Oct 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Oct 2022 |