A Diborane Story I thank the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Archive at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, and its director Clifford Mead for permission to quote from Pauling's correspondence, and Professor Roald Hoffmann for a useful discussion.
Institut de chimie Université de Liège au Sart-Tilman 4000 Liège (Belgium) and Département de chimie Ecole Polytechnique 91128 Palaiseau (France).
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