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Alkoxy Derivatives of Dodecaborate: Discrete Nanomolecular Ions with Tunable Pseudometallic Properties†
Article first published online: 27 MAR 2007
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605126
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Lee, M., Farha, O., Hawthorne, M. and Hansch, C. (2007), Alkoxy Derivatives of Dodecaborate: Discrete Nanomolecular Ions with Tunable Pseudometallic Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46: 3018–3022. doi: 10.1002/anie.200605126
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 12 APR 2007
- Article first published online: 27 MAR 2007
- Manuscript Received: 19 DEC 2006
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- National Science Foundation (NSF). Grant Numbers: CHE-97300006, CHE-0111718
- US Borax, Inc.,
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Keywords:
- boranes;
- cage compounds;
- redox chemistry;
- structure–activity relationships;
- substituent effects
Graphical Abstract
Twelve of one, a dozen of the other: Synthetic pseudometallic molecules were prepared by fully substituting the [B12H12]2− ion with 12 alkoxy groups. Reversible redox reactions reveal substituent-dependent potentials varying over 1.2 V (see picture) which were characterized and correlated using Hammett and QSAR linear free-energy relationships.