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  • The structure of the three-centre, two-electron bond in a B-H-B fragment of a diborane molecule. A pair of electrons in the bonding combination pulls all three atoms together.
    borane
    / Structure and bonding of boranes

    … + 3)-cornered closo-polyhedron; and (5) klado- (Greek, meaning “branch”), n vertices of an n + 4-vertex closo-polyhedron occupied by n boron atoms. Members of the hypho- and klado- series are currently known only as borane derivatives. Linkage between two or more of these polyhedral borane clusters is indicated by the…

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    … + 3)-cornered closo-polyhedron; and (5) klado- (Greek, meaning “branch”), n vertices of an n + 4-vertex closo-polyhedron occupied by n boron atoms. Members of the hypho- and klado- series are currently known only as borane derivatives. Linkage between two or more of these polyhedral borane clusters is indicated by the…

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