Polyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry: Aspects of architecture
beyond the icosahedron*
Suzanne L.Shea1, Jonathan Bould1, Michael G.S.
Londesborough1, Sarath D. Perera1,2, Andreas Franken1,
Daniel L. Ormsby1, Tom�s Jel�nek1,3, Bohumil St�br3,
Josef Holub1,3, Colin A. Kilner1, Mark Thornton-Pett1,
and John D. Kennedy1
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds
LS2 9JT, UK; 2 Department of Chemistry, Open University, Nawala, Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka;
3 Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic, 25068 Rez-by-Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract: For the structural extent of the polyhedral molecular
chemistry of boron to rival that of the organic chemistry of the carbon
hydrides, (a) the individual boron-containing polyhedra need to be fused
together to make larger contiguous covalent assemblies, and (b) an intermolecular
chemistry needs to be developed. Contemporary examples are given that
illustrate novel chemistry in both these areas and that may point the
way to some future developments.
*Lecture presented at the XIth International Meeting
on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XI), Moscow, Russia, 28 July - 2 August
2002. Other presentations are published in this issue,
pp. 1157-1355.
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