Molecular structures of arachno-decaborane derivatives 6,9-X 2B8H10 (X = CH2, NH, Se) including a gas-phase electron-diffraction study of 6,9-C2B8H 14

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6014-6019

  Hnyk, Drahomir ^a   Bühl, Michael ^b   Holub, Josef ^a   Hayes, Stuart A ^c   Wann, Derek A ^c   Mackie, Iain D ^c   Borisenko, Konstantin B ^c   Robertson, Heather E ^c   Rankin, David W H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746879939     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic060296v     Document Type: Article

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