Boron Hydrides

In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize-winning chemist William N. Lipscomb elucidates his area of expertise: the general structural principles and reactions of boron hydrides and related compounds. Lipscomb's work appeared only a decade after the structures of boron hydrides were first elucidated and their chemistry formulated into a widely applicable framework. His observations led to a major reconsideration of how atoms bond to form stable molecules.A concise treatment of the many separate parts of the structural theory and its relation to chemistry, this volume begins with an overview of boron hydrides and related structures, progressing to three-center bonds and their applications, molecular orbitals, nuclear magnetic resonance studies of boron hydrides and related compounds, and reactions of the boron hydrides. More than 120 diagrams and figures illustrate a variety of structures.

William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. (1919-2011), a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist, specialized in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry. A student of Linus Pauling, he was a longtime Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University.

This classic monograph by a Nobel Prize-winning chemist covers his area of expertise, the general structural principles and reactions of boron hydrides and related compounds. Topics include three-center bonds and their applications, molecular orbitals, and nuclear magnetic resonance studies. More than 120 diagrams and figures. 1963 edition.

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