Exhaustive fluorination of deca-B-methyl-para-carborane (1) furnishes perfluoro-deca-B-methyl-para-carborane (2) almost quantitatively [Eq. (1)]. Compound 2 represents the first neutral perfluorinated sphere mimicking a "Teflon ball". The properties of 2 as well as its X-ray structure are discussed.
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