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Also Known As	carbaborane

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The three isomeric icosahedral closo-carboranes of C2B10H12.

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arachno-carborane nido-carborane metallacarborane hypho-carborane closo-carborane para-carborane ortho-carborane meta-carborane organometallic compound metal carbonyl tetraethyl lead Grignard reagent metalation