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Electronic Requirements and Structural Preferences for Large Polyhedral Boranes

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Boron

Part of the book series: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics ((COCH,volume 20))

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The structural and electronic preferences of boron-based polyhedral systems with 12 or fewer vertices is well understood by the combined use of localized and delocalized bonding paradigms. Current research in polyhedral boranes predominantly involves scaling the size within the single polyhedron or by having multiple polyhedral units. Though large and multiple polyhedra are experimentally known for long in molecules as well as solids, the beginning of the current century witnessed comprehensive understanding of bonding in these extended systems. Here, we address the various bonding features exhibited by boron-based large polyhedral systems with the scaling of the system size, their electronic and structural preferences.

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    Musiri M. Balakrishnarajan & Pattath D. Pancharatna

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Balakrishnarajan, M.M., Pancharatna, P.D. (2015). Electronic Requirements and Structural Preferences for Large Polyhedral Boranes. In: Hnyk, D., McKee, M. (eds) Boron. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22282-0_7

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