Superacidity of boron acids H2(B12X12)(X = Cl, Br)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3491-3493

  Avelar, Amy ^a   Tham, Fook S ^a   Reed, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arenium ions carboranes; IR spectroscopy; Superacidic systems; Weakly coordinating anions

Indexed keywords

ARENIUM IONS CARBORANES; IR SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRONGEST ACID; SUPER ACID; SUPERACIDIC SYSTEMS; SUPERACIDITY; WEAKLY COORDINATING ANIONS;

BENZENE; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; IONS;

ACIDS;

EID: 70349782142     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900214     Document Type: Article

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