Isomeric icosaboranes B20H26: the synchrotron structure of 1,1'-bis(nido-decaboranyl).
An isomer of B20H26, isolated from the autolysis of nido-B10H14 in a silent electrical discharge, is shown to be the title compound 1,1'-bis(nido-decaboranyl). The molecule has crystallographic inversion symmetry and a long intercage B-B bond of 1.704 (3) A.
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School of Chemistry, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. bould2@chem.leeds.ac.uk
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