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Boron Beyond the Icosahedral Barrier: A 16‐Vertex Metallaborane
Author(s) -
Roy Dipak Kumar,
Bose Shubhankar Kumar,
Anju R. S.,
Mondal Bijan,
Ramkumar V.,
Ghosh Sundargopal
Publication year - 2013
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.201208849
Subject(s) - icosahedral symmetry , polyhedron , vertex (graph theory) , tetrahedron , combinatorics , hexagonal crystal system , computer science , crystallography , service (business) , mathematics , information retrieval , chemistry , business , graph , marketing
A neutral metallaborane comprising a Rh 4 B 12 polyhedron with icosioctahedron geometry with 16 vertices and 28 triangular faces was prepared (see structure; Rh: red, B: green). The cage has the shape of a 12‐membered truncated tetrahedron with four capped hexagonal faces.