in ethanol under N2; mixt. of o-carborane and CsF (molar ratio 1:3) in EtOH stirredunder reflux for 20 h; cooled to room temp.; not isolated; detd. by (11)B NMR spectroscopy;

in ethanol under N2; mixt. of 1-methyl-o-carborane and CsF (molar ratio 1:3) in EtOH stirred under reflux for 25 h; cooled to room temp.; dried in vac. by rotary evaporator; dissolved in acetone; filtered by glass frit; washed with acetone; solvent removed from filtrate in vac.; recrystd. from H2O; elem. anal.;

in ethanol under N2; mixt. of B compd. and CsF (molar ratio 1:3) in EtOH stirred under reflux for 25 h; cooled to room temp.; dried in vac. by rotary evaporator; dissolved in acetone; filtered by glass frit; washed with acetone; solvent removed from filtrate in vac.; recrystd. from H2O; elem. anal.;

in tetrahydrofuran; ethanol under N2; mixt. of B compd. and CsF (molar ratio 1:4.7) in EtOH-THF stirred under reflux for 27 h; cooled to room temp.; filtered (first crop); solvent removed from filtrate; dissolved in acetone; filtered; washed with acetone; filtrate dried (second crop); combined solid washed with CH2Cl2; recrystd. from acetone-Et2O;

at 1800 K, thermal dissociation; detected by mass spectroscopy;

in neat (no solvent) at 0°C for 50 min, further products; cooled to -70°C, evapd.(vac), dissolved (CD2Cl2), NMR;

in solid matrix react. laser-ablated (10-40 mJ 1064 nm laser energy per 10 ns pulse) B with F2 in argon or neon matrix at 5 K; identified by IR;