The chemistry of decaborane and its derivatives

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 424
II. Structure and reactivity of decaborane 425
III. Deuterium exchange in decaborane 427
IV. Pyrolysis of decaborane 428
V. Hydrolysis, alcoholysis, and thiolysis 428
VI. Decaborane as an acid 429
VII. Decaborane Grignard reagents and sodium tridecahydrodecaborate(1^-) 429
VIII. Nucleophilic substitution in decaborane 430
IX. Electrophilic substitutions 432
X. The stable anion B₁₀H₁₀^2- 432
XI. Carboranes 434