Strikingly long C⋯C distances in 1,2-disubstituted ortho-carboranes and their dianions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 13538-13547

  Oliva, Josep M ^a,b   Allan, Neil L ^a   Schleyer, Paul V R ^c,d   Viñas, Clara ^e   Teixidor, Francesc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NEGATIVE IONS; PARAFFINS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CARBORANES; DIANIONIC COMPOUNDS; KOHN-SHAM ORBITALS; OCTAHEDRAL SYSTEMS;

COMPLEXATION;

ANION; BUTANE; CARBORANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY;

EID: 25844501561     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052091b     Document Type: Article

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