The theoretical work done at Utah State University was supported by the donors of The Petroleum Research Fund (PRF No. 38242-AC6), administered by the American Chemical Society. The experimental work done at Washington was supported by the US National Science Foundation (DMR-0095828) and performed at the W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national scientific user facility sponsored by DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated for DOE by Battelle.
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Hepta- and Octacoordinate Boron in Molecular Wheels of Eight- and Nine-Atom Boron Clusters: Observation and Confirmation†
Article first published online: 10 DEC 2003
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351874
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 42, Issue 48, pages 6004–6008, December 15, 2003
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Zhai, H.-J., Alexandrova, A. N., Birch, K. A., Boldyrev, A. I. and Wang, L.-S. (2003), Hepta- and Octacoordinate Boron in Molecular Wheels of Eight- and Nine-Atom Boron Clusters: Observation and Confirmation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42: 6004–6008. doi: 10.1002/anie.200351874
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- Issue published online: 10 DEC 2003
- Article first published online: 10 DEC 2003
- Manuscript Revised: 25 JUL 2003
- Manuscript Received: 12 MAY 2003
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