Methodology leadi
ng to a
new class of rodlike
p-carbora
ne derivatives is described, i
nvolvi
ng thepalladium-catalyzed coupli
ng of B-iodi
nated
p-carbora
nes with termi
nalalky
nes. The products of these reactio
ns co
ntai
na
n alky
ne substitue
nt at a boro
n vertex of the
p-carbora
necage. Reactio
n of
closo-2-I-1,12-C
2B
10H
11(
1) with
closo-2-(C
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">CH)-1,12-C
2B
10H
11(
3) i
n the prese
nce of pyrrolidi
ne a
nd catalytic qua
ntitiesof bis(triphe
nylphosphi
ne)palladium dichloride a
nd cupric iodide yields1,2-(
closo-1',12'-C
2B
10H
11-2'-yl)
2acetyle
ne (
4). Oxidative coupli
ngof
3 i
n the prese
nce of cupric chloride i
n piperidi
neaffords1,4-(
closo-1',12'-C
2B
10H
11-2'-yl)
2-1,3-butadiy
ne(
5).Reactio
n of 2 molar equiv. of
closo-2,9-I
2-1,12-C
2B
10H
10(
6) with
closo-2,9-(C
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ntities/tbd1.gif">CH)
2-1,12-C
2B
10H
10(
7) i
n theprese
nce of pyrrolidi
ne a
nd catalytic qua
ntities ofbis(triphe
nylphosphi
ne)palladium dichloride a
nd cupriciodideyields
closo-2,9-(
closo-2'-I-9'-C
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">C-1',12'-C
2B
10H
10)
2-1,12-C
2B
10H
10(
8), a rigid, iodi
ne-termi
nated carborod trimeri
n which the
p-carbora
ne cages are li
nked at the 2 a
nd 9B-vertices by alky
ne (C
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/tbd1.gif">C) bridges. The molecularstructures of
5 a
nd the previously described
closo-2,9-(C
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ntities/tbd1.gif">CSiMe
3)
2-1,12-C
2B
10H
10(
9) have bee
n determi
ned byX-ray crystallography. Crystallographic data are as follows: for
5, mo
nocli
nic, space group
P2/
a,
a = 12.352(6)&Ari
ng;,
b = 14.169 (6) &Ari
ng;,
c = 12.384(5) &Ari
ng;,
![](/images/gifchars/beta2.gif)
= 109.69(2)
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">,
V = 2041 &Ari
ng;
3,
Z = 4,
R = 0.098,
Rw = 0.135; for
9,mo
nocli
nic, space group
C2/
m,
a =22.111(4) &Ari
ng;,
b = 7.565(2) &Ari
ng;,
c =6.943(2) &Ari
ng;,
![](/images/gifchars/beta2.gif)
= 107.871(8)
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">,
V =1105&Ari
ng;
3,
Z = 2,
R = 0.059,
Rw =0.090.