Synthesis of (m-carboran-9-yl)ferrocene and (m-carboran-9-yl)cymantrene

Cross-coupling reactions of 9-iodo-m-carborane with ferrocenylzinc chloride or cymantrenylzinc chloride catalyzed by (Ph₃P)₂PdCl₂ result in the formation of (m-carbo ran-9-yl)ferrocene and (m-carboran-9-yl)cymantrene, respectively. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 542–543, March, 1998.     

Crystal and molecular structures of (9-methylfluoren-9-yl)trimethyltin and (fluoren-9-yl)trimethyltin

Conclusions An increase in the length of the Sn-C (fluorene) bond is not observed in crystals of 9-fluorenyl derivatives of tin, and the variation in the lengths of the Sn-Me bonds is similar to that found in other types of organotin compounds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2054–2057, September, 1980.