Molecular Structure of Trifluorophosphine Tetraborane(8), B4H8PF3, As Determined in the Gas Phase by Electron Diffraction and ab Initio Computations

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1048-1054

  Brain, Paul T ^a   Rankin, David W H ^a   Robertson, Heather E ^a   Fox, Mark A ^b   Greatrex, Robert ^b   Nikrahi, Alireza ^b   Bühl, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001057021     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic961032j     Document Type: Article

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