New Synthetic Routes to Boron Cage Compounds
Abstract
Polyhedral boron cage compounds have been recognized as having numerous potentially important practical applications due to their unique chemical and physical properties. Unfortunately this potential has been largely unrealized because of the non-selective, low yield synthetic methods required to obtain these compounds. The principle thrust of the work performed under ARO sponsorship was to investigate the fundamental processes involved in the formation of these types of compounds and to apply these techniques to the development of new high yield, two energy, selective synthetic routes. Our work has demonstrated (1) new catalytic, high yield syntheses of alkenyl boranes and alkenyl carboranes (2) the high yield thermally initiated conversion of alkenylpentaboranes into small cage carboranes (2) new routes to large cage mono-carbon carboranes (3) new catalytic routes to multi-cage compounds and (4) the synthesis of a range of new hybrid cluster systems with unique structural properties.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 10, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA153554
Entities
People
- L. G. Sneddon
Organizations
- University of Pennsylvania