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Isolating Free Carbenes, their Mixed Dimers and Organic Radicals
Published on: April 19, 2019
Carboranes: chemical concepts derived from the AIM study of the experimental and theoretical electron density
I V Glukhov1, K A Lyssenko, A A Korlyukov
1A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement compounds RAS, Vavilova Str, 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia. ivglukh@xrlab.ineos.ac.ru
Abstract:
On the basis of high-resolution X-ray diffraction studies as well as quantum-chemical calculations of five carborane derivatives the peculiarities of electron density distribution functions have been analyzed. The data obtained permitted a deeper insight into the nature of unusual properties of the C-C bond in o-carborane and investigating intermolecular H ... H interactions in crystal. It was shown that such an approach allows estimating the values of lattice energy for the crystals of carboranes.
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