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De Gruyter, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 9(75), p. 1305-1313, 2003

DOI: 10.1351/pac200375091305

Wiley-VCH Verlag, ChemInform, 48(35), 2004

DOI: 10.1002/chin.200448275

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Boron Clusters: Do They Receive the Deserved Interest?

Journal article published in 2003 by Francesc Teixidor ORCID, Clara Viñas, Albert Demonceau, Raikko Kivekaes, Reijo Sillanpaeae, Rosario Nuñez ORCID
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Abstract

Abstract New applications in which the carborane and metallacarborane species play a crucial role have been recently developed. In these applications, clusters display many particular characteristics that do not find parallel in their organic counterparts. The o-carborane can modulate the C···C distances depending on the substituents bonded to the cluster carbon atom and can lead to the formation of uncommon halogenophosphane charge-transfer “spoke ” complexes with iodine due to their electron-withdrawing capacity. Besides, metallacarboranes have been used as doping agents in organic conducting polymers and as catalysts in Kharasch reactions.