Reductive and non-reductive insertions of silicon atoms into carbaborane cages: synthesis and structure of a carbaborane analogue of bis(cyclopentadienyl)silicon
Abstract
The silacarbaboranes [(Me3Si)2C2B4H4]SiII(1) and [(Me3Si)2C2B4H4]2SiIV(2) have been prepared and the structure of (2) has been determined by X-ray crystallography.