Abstract
Reaction of propiolic acid tert-butyl ester 1 and decaborane(14) at 90 °C did not give the expected carborane carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester 3 but directly unsubstituted ortho-carborane 2 which was isolated in 52% yield as pure material. An in situ de-tert-butoxycarbonylation of the first formed carborane carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester 3 via a six membered transition state is suggested for this domino process.
Key words
alkynes - carboranes - domino reactions - electrocyclic reactions -
tert-butyl esters
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