A stable neutral diborene containing a B=B double bond

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 41, 2007, Pages 12412-12413

  Wang, Yuzhong ^a   Quillian, Brandon ^a   Wei, Pingrong ^a   Wannere, Chaitanya S ^a   Xie, Yaoming ^a   King, R Bruce ^a   Schaefer III, Henry F ^a   Schleyer, Paul V R ^a   Robinson, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; DIBORENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 35349014635     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja075932i     Document Type: Article

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