Decaborane

Decaborane (B₁₀H₁₄) is a stable, crystalline borane. It is neither air nor hydrolysis-sensitive. Even melting and boiling points of the substance could be determined: 100°C, 213°C.

Decaborane was already used early as reducing agent, but its reduction strength was modest. Only the replacement of polar by protic solvents or the addition of additives permits the employment of decaborane as a mild reducing agent in the reductive etherification and amination as well as in the reduction of nitro groups.

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Recent Literature

S. H. Lee, Y. J. Park, C. M. Yoon, Tetrahedron Lett., 1999, 40, 6049-6050.

J. W. Bae, S. H. Lee, Y. J. Cho, C. M. Yoon, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2000, (2), 145-146.

J. W. Bae, S. H. Lee, Y. J. Jung, C.-O. Maing, C. M. Yoon, Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 2137-2139.

J. W. Bae, Y. J. Cho, S. H. Lee, C.-O. M. Yoon, C. M. Yoon, Chem. Commun., 2000, 1857-1858.