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Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory.

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Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory. / Cox, David; Mingos, D. Michael P.; Hoffmann, Roald.
In: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 1981, No. 9, 1981, p. 1788-1797.

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Cox, D, Mingos, DMP & Hoffmann, R 1981, 'Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory.', Dalton Transactions, vol. 1981, no. 9, pp. 1788-1797. https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9810001788

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Cox, D., Mingos, D. M. P., & Hoffmann, R. (1981). Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory. Dalton Transactions, 1981(9), 1788-1797. https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9810001788

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Cox D, Mingos DMP, Hoffmann R. Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory. Dalton Transactions. 1981;1981(9):1788-1797. doi: 10.1039/dt9810001788

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Cox, David ; Mingos, D. Michael P. ; Hoffmann, Roald. / Extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations on dodecahedral metallaboranes which do not conform to the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory. In: Dalton Transactions. 1981 ; Vol. 1981, No. 9. pp. 1788-1797.

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abstract = "Extended H{\"u}kel molecular-orbital calculations on the model complexes [B4H4(CoL3)4]4+ and B4H4(CoL3)4, where L = a two-electron σ-donor ligand, have established the electronic factors responsible for the breakdown of the polyhedral skeletal electron-pair theory when applied to B4H4[Co(η-C5H5)]4 and B4H4[Ni(η-C5H5)]4. In addition the observation that B4H4[Co(η-C5H5)]4 and B4H4[Ni(η-C5H5)]4 adopt alternative D2d structures based on the dodecahedron has been rationalised in terms of the different electronic requirements for stabilising the flattened metal tetrahedral structure in B4H4[Co(η-C5H5)]4 and the elongated metal tetrahedral structure in B4H4[Ni(η-C5H5)]4.",
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