Gas-phase reactions of nido-1-methylpentaborane with propyne and 2-pentyne. Formation of B-alkyl nido and closo carbaboranes

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 614-615, Issue , 2000, Pages 262-268

  Fox, Mark A ^a   Greatrex, Robert ^a   Hofmann, Matthias ^b   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Methylpentaborane; Closo Dicarbaheptaboranes; GIAO structural NMR calculations; Nido Dicarbahexaborane clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000569250     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00614-8     Document Type: Article

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