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Kenneth Wade
Bio: Kenneth Wade is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Carborane & Crystal structure. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 133 publications receiving 2768 citations.
Topics: Carborane, Crystal structure, Borane, Bond length, Bond order
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TL;DR: In this article, the reaction between C-mono- or C,C′-di-copper derivatives of 1,2-, 1,7-, or 1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) and aryl iodides in the presence of pyridine gives the corresponding Cmono-, or C-C′-,diaryl derivatives.
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TL;DR: The molecular structures of derivatives of phenyl-ortho-carborane show remarkable and systematic variations with the degree of exo pi-bonding, which varies as expected with the pi-donor characteristics of the substituent.
Abstract: The structures of derivatives of phenyl-ortho-carborane bearing on the second cage hypercarbon atom a π-donor substituent (F, OH, O−, NH2, NH− and CH2−) were investigated by NMR, X-ray crystallography and computational studies. The molecular structures of these compounds, notably their cage C1–C2 distances and the orientations of their π-donor substituents (OH, NH2, NH− and CH2−) show remarkable and systematic variations with the degree of exo
π-bonding, which varies as expected with the π-donor characteristics of the substituent.
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TL;DR: The first definitive X-ray structures of the unsubstituted carboranes as part of three very different C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonded supramolecular structures were provided in this article.
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TL;DR: In this article, tetrabutylammonium fluoride has been found to be more effective than the anhydrous salt as a reagent for the conversion of ortho and metal closo -carborane derivatives, R′R″C 2 B 10 H 10, into nido carborane anions.
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TL;DR: A review of the development of high performance polyurethane (PU) and its subclass coatings can be found in this paper, where a wide variety of fillers, whiskers and fibers as well as clay and wollastonites with structural modification are described for use in nanocomposite PU coatings.
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TL;DR: An overview of recent developments of the chemistry of halogen-free flame retardant polymers is presented in this article, along with their thermal stabilities and flame-retardant properties.
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TL;DR: The thermal stability and flame retardancy of polyurethanes is reviewed in this article, where a detailed description of TGA, TGA-MS and TGAFTIR methods for studying the decomposition mechanism and kinetics is also provided.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the borane-carborane structural pattern has been studied in a wide range of other compounds, including metal clusters, metal-hydrocarbon 7∼ complexes, and various neutral or charged hydrocarbons.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This is one of two articles in this volume that is concerned with the borane-carborane structural pattern. In the other, Williams has shown how the pattern reflects the coordination number preferences of the various atoms involved. The purpose of the present article is to note some bonding implications of the pattern, and to show its relevance to a wide range of other compounds, including metal clusters, metal-hydrocarbon 7∼ complexes, and various neutral or charged hydrocarbons. Boranes and carboranes may be regarded as cluster compounds in the sense defined by Cotton; they contain a finite group or skeleton of atoms held together entirely, mainly, or at least to a significant extent by bonding directly between those atoms, even though some other atoms may be associated intimately with the cluster. Examples of their structural pattern, however, can be found far beyond the confines of what is normally regarded as cluster chemistry, so this survey includes many systems not commonly referred to as clusters.
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