Russian Chemical Bulletin

, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp 671–674 | Cite as

Electrophilic mercuration of icosahedral monocobaltacarboranes

  • A. Ya. Usyatinsky
  • O. B. Zhidkova
  • P. V. Petrovskii
  • V. I. Bregadze
Organometallic Chemistry
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Abstract

Electrophilic mercuration of cobaltacarboranes 1,2-R2-3-Cp-3,1,2-CoC2B9H9 (1) where R = H (1a), CH2OH (1b) was studied. Dimercurated complexes containing Hg atoms bound with boron atoms in positions 9 and 12 of the dicarbollyl ligand are the main products of the reaction with strong electrophiles such as mercury acetate or trifiuoroacetate in the corresponding acids. Mercuration of1a under milder conditions,i.e., with Hg(OCOCF3)2 in CH2Cl2 or Hg(OAc)2 in a CH2Cl2-AcOH mixture, affords 9-monomercurated complexes as the main products.

Key words

cobaltacarboranes mercuration mercury 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1995

Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Ya. Usyatinsky
    • 1
  • O. B. Zhidkova
    • 1
  • P. V. Petrovskii
    • 1
  • V. I. Bregadze
    • 1
  1. 1.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement CompoundsRussian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussian Federation

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