METALLIZATION OF 1-SUBSTITUTED 1-BENZYL-o-CARBORANES WITH n-BUTYLLITHIUM AND SOME CONVERSIONS OF 1-R-2-BENZYLLITHIUM-o-CARBORANES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00869528

It was shown that 1-R-2-benzyl-o-carboranes (R = Me, i-Pr, Ph, PhCH2) and other derivatives of o-carborane containing an ArCH2 group in positions 1 and 2 are readily metallized by n-butyllithium, forming the corresponding benzyllithium derivatives, which