Sivaev, I. B.; Bregadze, V. I. Chemistry of Nickel and Iron Bis(dicarbollides). A Review. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2000,. 614-615: 27–36. doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00610-0.
Kang, H. C.; Lee, S. S.; Knobler, C. B.; Hawthorne, M. F. Syntheses of Charge-Compensated Dicarbollide Ligand Precursors and Their Use in the Preparation of Novel Metallacarboranes. Inorganic Chemistry. 1991, 30 (9): 2024–2031. doi:10.1021/ic00009a015.
Mitsuhiro Hata, Jason A. Kautz, Xiu Lian Lu, Thomas D. McGrath, F. Gordon A. Stone. Revisiting [Mn(CO)3(η5-nido-7,8-C2B9H11)]−, the Dicarbollide Analogue of [(η5-C5H5)Mn(CO)3]: Reactivity Studies Leading to Boron Atom Functionalization. Organometallics. 2004, 23: 3590–3602. doi:10.1021/om049822l.