A carborane is a cluster composed of boron, carbon and hydrogen atoms. Like many of the related boranes, these clusters are polyhedra and are similarly classified as closo-, nido-, arachno-, hypho-, etc. based on whether they represent a complete (closo-) polyhedron, or a polyhedron that is missing one (nido-), two (arachno-), or more vertices. In...
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any member of a class of organometallic compounds having the general formula C2BnHn + 2, in which C, B, and H represent, respectively, carbon, ...
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A compound derived from a polyhedral borane by substitution of carbon for boron atoms. Carboranes are relatively unreactive and thermally stable, and form many derivatives, including highly stable organo-inorganic polymers.
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