Is the halogenβmetal exchange faster tha
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Mouad Lamrani; Ryo Hamasaki; Yoshinori Yamamoto
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The Br-Li exchange of bromophenyl-ortho-carborane 1 is faster than the deprotonation of the acidic C-H hydrogen of the carborane cage. The resulting phenyl anion undergoes rapid proton exchange to give the cluster anion.