A new carborane cage: Hexacarba-arachno-dodecaborane(12)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1245-1247

  Wrackmeyer, Bernd ^a   Schanz, Hans Jörg ^a   Hofmann, Matthias ^b   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Carboranes; Hydroborations; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032543063     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1245::AID-ANIE1245>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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