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A Perfluorinated Nanosphere: Synthesis and Structure of Perfluoro‐deca‐ B ‐methyl‐ para ‐carborane
Author(s) -
Herzog Axel,
Callahan Ryan P.,
Macdonald Charles L. B.,
Lynch Vincent M.,
Hawthorne M. Frederick,
Lagow Richard J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010601)40:11<2121::aid-anie2121>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - carborane , deca , chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry
Exhaustive fluorination of deca‐ B ‐methyl‐ para ‐carborane ( 1 ) furnishes perfluoro‐deca‐ B ‐methyl‐ para ‐carborane ( 2 ) almost quantitatively [Eq. (1)]. Compound 2 represents the first neutral perfluorinated sphere mimicking a “Teflon ball”. The properties of 2 as well as its X‐ray structure are discussed.