Which nido:nido-macropolyhedral boranes are most stable?

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6996-7003

  Kiani, Farooq Ahmad ^a   Hofmann, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 33748622576     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic060591f     Document Type: Article

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