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Diborane story – Pierre Laszlo

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We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. A scientist and a writer Just as with ferrocene, 1 the formula first written for diborane B2H6 was orthodox, in conformity with the usual paradigmatic rules regarding molecular structure. And it was wrong. Correcting the mistake showed an extremely unusual bonding picture for the molecule. Just as in the ferrocene case, it opened up a whole new chapter of chemistry, later recognized with the award of a Nobel prize to William N. Lipscomb in 1976 for “his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding.” I shall highlight here only a few episodes from the diborane story. In 1937, a former student of Linus Pauling, Simon H. Bauer – incidentally he is still active in research a

Diborane story Published by qdsa on May 13, 2008 Just as with ferrocene, 1 the formula first written for diborane B2H6 was orthodox, in conformity with the usual paradigmatic rules regarding molecular structure. And it was wrong. Correcting the mistake showed an extremely unusual bonding picture for the molecule. Just as in the ferrocene case, it opened up a whole new chapter of chemistry, later recognized with the award of a Nobel prize to William N. Lipscomb in 1976 for “his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding.” I shall highlight here onl

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