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(1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodeca-boran-yl)trimethyl-methanaminium iodide

Jong-Dae Lee, Won-Sik Han, Il-Hwan Suh

    Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
    |November 18, 2011
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