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Abstract
Herein, we demonstrate that the bench stable closo-hexaborate cluster anion can
engage in a nucleophilic substitution reaction with a wide array of organic and
main group electrophiles. The resulting molecules containing B‒C bonds can be further
converted to tricoordinate boron species widely used in organic synthesis.
