Polyhedral Boranes

Readings and Activities

Read this article describing Wade's rules, and learn from this article about the utility of Boron-11 NMR spectroscopy.

Here are lecture notes and the slides used in class.

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Further resources: (i) reading on the structure of tetraborane by GED and by X-ray, (ii) an inexpensive approach to making Models of polyhedral boranes, (iii) a reading on the Synthesis and Structure of B₇H₇^2- (iv) supplemental exercises, (v) interactive B₆H₆ dianion molecular orbitals, and (vi) an interactive B₇H₇ dianion molecular model.