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Carboranes (or carbaboranes) are electron-delocalized (non-classically bonded)
clusters composed of boron,
carbon and
hydrogen atoms. Like many of the...
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Carborane acids H(CXB 11Y 5Z 6) (X, Y, Z = H, Alk, F, Cl, Br, CF3) are a
class of superacids, some of
which are
estimated to be at
least one
million times...
- ortho-
Carborane is the
organoboron compound with the
formula C2B10H12. The
prefix ortho is
derived from ortho. It is the most
prominent carborane. This...
- of this kind is
fluoroantimonic acid.
Another group of superacids, the
carborane acid group,
contains some of the
strongest known acids. Finally, when...
- −23)
Carborane acid (H0 < −18)
Fluorosulfuric acid (H0 = −15)
Triflic acid (H0 = −15)
Perchloric acid (H0 = −13) Of the above, only the
carborane acids...
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concentrated weak
acids are corrosive, but
there are
exceptions such as
carboranes and
boric acid. The
second category of
acids are
Lewis acids,
which form...
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isomers exist, but most
common is 1,2-dicarbollide
derived from ortho-
carborane.
These dianions function as ligands,
related to the
cyclopentadienyl anion...
- Metal–
carborane complexes (metallacarboranes), a very
large and
diverse family in
which main-group or
transition metal ions are
coordinated to
carborane ligands...
- by the
polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory, such as
boranes and
carboranes.
These molecules derive their stability from
having a
completely filled...
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patterns seen in hydrocarbons.
Hybrids of
boranes and hydrocarbons, the
carboranes are also well developed. The
development of the
borane hydride clusters...
