Reactions take place in which substituents bonded to a boron cage change positioin.
Such a reaction could proceed by a rearrangement of the boton cage itself or by migration of the substituent from one boron atom to another. Labeled compounds and 11 B nmr are being used to investigate these mechanisms. These anions should be reasonable ligands for transitionmetal complexes, but, so far, very few studies of this nature have been performed. In this project, this chemisstry will be explored by preparing and characterizing complexes of transition metals with borate anions.