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The Hexahydro‐ closo ‐hexaborate Dianion [B 6 H 6 ] 2– and Its Derivatives
Author(s) -
Preetz Wilhelm,
Peters Gerhard
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0682(199911)1999:11<1831::aid-ejic1831>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - chemistry , computational chemistry , boron , ab initio , organic chemistry
[B 6 H 6 ] 2– as the smallest known hydro‐ closo ‐borate is only moderately stable, and therefore its reaction chemistry remained unexplored for quite a long time. Since the mid 1980s some progress has been made in this field, and a considerable number of derivatives has been prepared. The provided structural and spectroscopic data together with the results of more sophisticated theoretical investigations by high level ab initio methods are a good basis for a systematic review on this class of compounds, and may encourage further synthetic and theoretical work. This is the aim of the present article giving a comprehensive survey up to the beginning of 1999.