carborane
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17 sectionsContents
- Structure and bonding
- Isomers
- Preparation
- Monocarba derivatives
- Dicarba clusters
- Classification by cage size
- Small, open carboranes
- Small, closed carboranes
- Intermediate-sized carboranes
- Structures
- Syntheses
- Icosahedral carboranes
- Reactions
- Research
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of o-carborane
Carboranes (or carbaboranes) are electron-delocalized (non-classically bonded) clusters composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms. Like many of the related boron hydrides, these clusters are polyhedra or fragments of polyhedra. Carboranes are one class of heteroboranes.