title: Cluster increments for macropolyhedral boranes.
abstract: Cluster increments derived for individual cluster fragments reproduce the DFT computed relative stabilities of macropolyhedral boranes usually within +/-6 kcal mol(-1). A simple summation procedure helps to select the best partner for a given cluster fragment in order to construct the thermodynamically most stable macropolyhedral borane. Cluster increments are considerably smaller for nido-cluster fragments with an even number of vertexes than for odd nido-cluster fragments pointing towards high thermodynamic stability of macropolyhedral boranes with even numbered nido-units.
authors.affiliation: Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Farooq Ahmad
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kiani
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofmann