Vn. Kalinin et al., Synthesis, molecular and crystal structure of a tricarbonylchromium complex of 7-(2-phenyl-o-carboran-1-yl)cyclohepta-1,3,5-triene, MENDELEEV C, (1), 2000, pp. 15-15A
The reaction of substituted 1-lithio-o-carboranes with tropylium tetrafluor
oborate produces 7-(o-carboran-1-yl)cyclohepta-1,3,5-trienes, which can als
o be obtained by decomplexation of the corresponding tricarbonylchromium co
mplexes prepared from 1-lithio-o-carboranes and [(C7H7)Cr(CO)(3)]+BF4-.