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B Boron Compounds

by Lawrence Barton and Thomas Onak

Published 1 January 1981
A broad coverage of boron topics is provided. Structural elucidations and convenient routes to useful hydroboration reagents are presented as well as boron compounds used for medical purposes. Special attention is devoted to theoretical studies and calculations on small boron-hydrogen and boron-noble gas species including molecules like BH, which are rather favorite subjects of theoreticians for testing various methods of calculation.

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A broad coverage is provided of medium sized boranes, including ions and radicals important for general metal cluster chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the development of high-yield, convenient synthetic routes. Metallaborane systems which appear not to obey the common rules and structure patterns in boron cluster theory are elucidated, and the different numeration systems for boron clusters are standardized at the IUPAC level. Structures of unknown clusters are predicted.