The Large closo-Borane Dianions, BnHn2- (n = 13-17) Are Aromatic, Why Are They Unknown?

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 6765-6772

  Von Schleyer, Paul Ragué ^a   Najafian, Katayoun ^a   Mebel, Alexander M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0001068288     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic980359c     Document Type: Article

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