tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(0); potassium carbonate in N,N-dimethyl-formamide (Pd(PPh3)4), PPh3, and DMF were heated at 50°C for 1 h, soln. 3-I-o-carborane in DMF was added and stirred under N2 at 50°C for 24h;

triphenylphosphine; zinc in N,N-dimethyl-formamide (NiCl2(PPh3)2), PPh3, Zn, and DMF were heated at 50°C for 1 h, soln. 3-I-o-carborane in DMF was added and stirred under N2 at 50°Cfor 24 h;

[PdCl2(PPh3)2]; CuI in tetrahydrofuran to stirred soln. of B-compound in THF at 0°C was added soln. of PhMgBr in THF, stirred at room temp. for 30 min, Pd-complex and CuI were added, refluxed for 3 ds under N2; solvent was removed, Et2O was added, aq. HCl was added, organic layer was sepd., aq. layer was etxd. with Et2O, washed with water, dried over MgSO4, solvent was removed, silica gel chromy. with CH2Cl2/hexane; elem. anal.;