{"product_id":"the-borane-carborane-carbocation-continuum-9780471180753","title":"The Borane Carborane Carbocation Continuum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume covers aspects of research on carbocations, boranes and carboranes. The coverage comes as a result of accessibility to powerful computational methods that has enabled researchers to examine the structures and bonding characteristics of these electron deficient compounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: The The Patternmaker xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Greenwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword: A Brief Overview xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam N. Lipscomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Casanova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: PATTERNS OF STRUCTURE IN BORANES AND CARBORANES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Vertex Homogeneity: The \"Hidden Hand\" that Governs Electron-Deficient Borane, Carborane, and Carbocation Structures 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Borane-Carborane Structural Pattern: Some Correlations and Implications 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark A.Fox and Kenneth Wade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Disobedient Skeletons 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn D. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Seco-Systematization of Boranes and Heteroboranes 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanislav Hermánek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE CARBORANE-CARBOCATION CONTINUUM 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Boron Superelectrophiles and Their Carbocation Analogs 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Olah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Extension of the Borane-Carbocation Continuum to Cage Systems 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG.K. Surya Prakash, Golam Rasul. Andrei K. Yudin, and Robert E. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Are Polyhedral Boranes, Carboranes, and Carbocations Aromatic? 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul von Rague Schleyer and Katayoun Najafian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Electron Deficient Compounds and Theory Deficient People 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert W. Parry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: UNTANGLING MOLECULAR STRUCTURES 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Computational Studies of Nido-C4B7H11 Carboranes and Nido-8-Vertex Boranes and Carboranes 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph W. Bausch and A.J. Tebben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Applications of IGLO\/GIAO NMR Computations to Carborane Systems: Products of Trimethylamine\/Closo-Carborane Reactions; Carborane 13C Chemical Shifts 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Onak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Mechanistic Patterns in Carborane Reactions as Revealed by ab initio Calculations 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael L. McKee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons with Small Boranes: New Insights and Recent Advances 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Greatrex and Mark A. Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Recent Advances in Metallacarborane Sandwich Chemistry: Controlled Linking, Stacking, and Cool Fusion 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussell N. Grimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: NEW SPECIEIS OF BORANES AND CARBORANES 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Isoelectronic Borane and Hydrocarbon Metal Complexes 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas P. Fehlner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Cyclic Organohydroborate Anions: Hydride Transfer Reactions in the Reduction of Metal Carbonyls and Organic Functional Groups; Reactions with Zirconocene and Hafnocene Dichlorides 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheldon G. Shore, Glenn T. Jordan IV, JianPing Liu, Fu-Chen Liu, Edward A. Meyers, Paul L. Gaus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Importance of 11B-1H Coupling Constants in Assigning the 11B Signals 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanislav Hermánek, Jan Machacek, Jin Fusek, and Vratislav Blechta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Closo-and Nido-Clusters with a B4 or NB3 Skeleton 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Paetzold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 New Prespectives in the Chemistry of C2B4- and C4B8-Carboranes 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarayan S. Hosmane and John A. Maguire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 425\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402516111703,"sku":"9780471180753","price":204.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471180753.jpg?v=1730480625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-borane-carborane-carbocation-continuum-9780471180753","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}