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Polyhedral Boranes with Exo Multiple Bonds: Three‐Dimensional Inorganic Analogues of Quinones
Author(s) -
Balakrishnarajan Musiri M.,
Hoffmann Roald
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200351821
Subject(s) - boranes , aromaticity , reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , crystallography , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , boron , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Three dimensional aromaticity : Polyhedral boranes with para ‐O, ‐NH, ‐S substituents should exhibit cylindrical π bonding on oxidation (see picture), with structural and reactivity consequences similar to benzoquinones.