[closo-B10H8-1,10-(COOH)2]2-: a building block for functional materials?

[closo-B10H8-1,10-(COOH)(2)](2-) was obtained in five steps and 40% overall yield from [closo-B10H10](2-). It can be converted to [closo-B10H8-1,10-(CO)(2)] and subsequently to carbonium ylides [closo-B10H8-1-COOH-10-(C(NRCH2)(2))]. The diacid, its derivatives, and di-ylide [closo-B10H8-1,10-(C(NHMe)(2))(2)] are characterized by spectroscopic and single crystal XRD methods augmented with DFT results.

Automated summary

The [closo-B10H8-1,10-(COOH)(2)](2-) was synthesized from [closo-B10H10](2-) in five steps with an overall yield of 40%. It can be converted to [closo-B10H8-1,10-(CO)(2)] and subsequently to carbonium ylides [closo-B10H8-1-COOH-10-(C(NRCH2)(2))]. Characterization was done using spectroscopic and single crystal XRD methods augmented with DFT results.