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Supercarboranes
Author(s) -
Grimes Russell N.
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.200390317
Subject(s) - carborane , icosahedral symmetry , boron , chemistry , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , materials science , crystallography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
The “icosahedral barrier” in carborane chemistry has remained intact until now. Welch and co‐workers have employed a carefully designed synthetic strategy to prepare and structurally characterize the first supra‐icosahedral carborane having only boron and carbon in the framework (see picture), thereby ushering in a new and potentially exciting era in the so‐called “mature” field of carborane chemistry.