The weakly coordinating carborane anion in ion-like trialkylsilyl species R3Si(CHB11Cl11) can be displaced by nucleophiles as weak as ortho-dichlorobenzene, SO2 and trialkylsilanes, the latter forming nearly linear hydride bridges in R3Si-H-SiR3+ cations.
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