The review covers the synthesis, structural features and catalytic activity of rhoda- and iridacarborane halide complexes containing monoanionic dicarbollide [L-C₂B₉H₁₀]⁻ (L = SMe₂, NMe₃) and tricarbollide [^tBuHN-C₃B₈H₁₀]⁻ ligands. These complexes are structural analogs of the well-known cyclopentadienyl complexes [Cp*MCl₂]₂, which are widely used as catalysts for various C–H activation processes. Although the search for applications of halide metallacarboranes started not a long time ago, they have already proved to be efficient catalysts for oxidative coupling of benzoic acids with internal alkynes and reductive amination of carbonyl compounds without external hydrogen source. The influence of substituents in the carborane cage on the structure and catalytic activity is also discussed.

综述涵盖了含有单阴离子双糖脂[LC ₂ B ₉ H ₁₀ ] ^-（L = SMe ₂，NMe ₃）和三糖脂[ ^t BuHN-C ₃ B ₈ H ₁₀ ] ^-配体。这些络合物是众所周知的环戊二烯基络合物[Cp * MCl ₂ ] _2的结构类似物。，广泛用作各种CH活化过程的催化剂。尽管寻找卤化物金属碳硼烷的应用是在不久之前开始的，但已证明它们是有效的催化剂，可用于将苯甲酸与内部炔烃进行氧化偶联以及在没有外部氢源的情况下对羰基化合物进行还原胺化。还讨论了碳硼烷笼中取代基对结构和催化活性的影响。