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Stereochemistry of free boranes and heteroboranes from electron scattering and model chemistries

Drahomír Hnyk*a  and  David W. H. Rankinb  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the ASCR, v.v.i., No. 1001, CZ-250 68 Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
E-mail: hnyk@iic.cas.cz
Fax: +420 220940158
Tel: +420 266173218

b School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, EH9 3JJ, Edinburgh, U.K.
E-mail: d.w.h.rankin@ed.ac.uk.
Fax: +44 131 650 6453
Tel: +44 131 650 4728

Abstract

The development of modern computational methods, linked to improved methods for analysis of experimental gas-phase structural data, has allowed the stereochemistry of many boranes and heteroboranes to be determined with great accuracy over the past two decades. Many of these compounds have been prepared in the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and gas-phase electron diffraction (GED) data have been obtained mainly at the University of Edinburgh. Structural tools based on the concerted use of GED and computations of the geometries and 11B chemical shifts (MOCED, SARACEN) have also been employed. The results of this extended programme of research are reviewed here. Many different closo-, nido-, arachno-, and hypho- geometrical shapes, as well as some that do not obey Wade's rules, are included. The outlook for the future of this type of structural chemistry research is assessed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B806774K
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
21 Apr 2008
Accepted
12 Sep 2008
First published
14 Nov 2008

Dalton Trans., 2009, 585-599

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