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Carboranes (or carbaboranes) are electron-delocalized (non-classically bonded)
clusters composed of boron,
carbon and
hydrogen atoms. Like many of the...
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Carborane acids H(CXB 11Y 5Z 6) (X, Y, Z = H, Alk, F, Cl, Br, CF3) are a
class of superacids, some of
which are
estimated to be at
least one
million times...
- ortho-
Carborane is the
organoboron compound with the
formula C2B10H12. The
prefix ortho is
derived from ortho. It is the most
prominent carborane. This...
- −23)
Carborane acid (H0 < −18)
Fluorosulfuric acid (H0 = −15)
Triflic acid (H0 = −15)
Perchloric acid (H0 = −13) Of the above, only the
carborane acids...
- of this kind is
fluoroantimonic acid.
Another group of superacids, the
carborane acid group,
contains some of the
strongest known acids. Finally, when...
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tetraiodide (CI4), and a
large number of
other carbon-halogen compounds. A
carborane is a
cluster composed of
boron and
carbon atoms such as H2C2B10H10. There...
- Metal–
carborane complexes (metallacarboranes), a very
large and
diverse family in
which main-group or
transition metal ions are
coordinated to
carborane ligands...
- (200 °C) to get it moving. On the
other hand, a
nanocar which utilized p-
carborane wheels moves as if
sliding on ice,
rather than rolling. Such observations...
- by the
polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory, such as
boranes and
carboranes.
These molecules derive their stability from
having a
completely filled...
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concentrated weak
acids are corrosive, but
there are
exceptions such as
carboranes and
boric acid. The
second category of
acids are
Lewis acids,
which form...
