title: Icosahedral Building Blocks: Towards Dendrimers with Twelve Primary Branches?
abstract: A convergent point for cluster and supramolecular chemists is provided by the isolation of the per-B-hydroxylated, icosahedral clusters [B(12)(OH)(12)](2-) (shown schematically), [1-H-1-CB(11)(OH)(11)](-), and 1,12-H(2)-1,12-C(2)B(10)(OH)(10) by Hawthorne et al. But will these multifunctionalized clusters, which contain rigid cores and which can be supplied with "arms" in sterically favorable directions, be suitable building blocks for dendrimers?
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Spitalstrasse 51, CH-4056 Basel (Switzerland).
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Housecroft