Borane Polyhedra as Building Blocks for Unknown but Potentially Isolatable New Molecules – Extensions based on Computations of the Known B18H22 Isomers

摘要

Known borane polyhedral cluster characteristics can be used for predicting new architecturalconstructs. We propose additional structures derived from B18H22 : three positional isomers different fromthe well-known anti-B18H22 and syn-B18H22 boranes. We have also derived two new cyclic structuresbased on the condensation of borane pentagonal pyramids and bipyramids. The concatenation of polyhedralborane molecules is also considered from a mathematical point of view. (doi: 10.5562/cca2304)