An isolable diborane(4) compound with terminal B-H bonds: Structural characteristics and electronic properties

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1587-1589

  Shoji, Yoshiaki ^a,f   Kaneda, Shohei ^b   Fueno, Hiroyuki ^c   Tanaka, Kazuyoshi ^c   Tamao, Kohei ^a   Hashizume, Daisuke ^d   Matsuo, Tsukasa ^a,b,e  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84907551068     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.140507     Document Type: Review

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