Rings, Clusters, and Polymers of the Main Group Elements

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Content: Systematic approaches to the preparation of boron hydrides and their derivatives / S.G. Shore --
Coordination and related chemistry of polycyclic tetraphosphorus compounds / Jean G. Riess --
Cyclic and high-polymeric phosphazenes as carrier molecules for carboranyl, metallo, or bioactive side groups / H.R. Allcock --
Polyanionic clusters in solids and their chemical reactions / H.G. Von Schnering --
Cyclophosphathiazenes containing two- or three-coordinate sulfur / N. Burford, T. Chivers, M.N.S. Rao, and J.F. Richardson --
Polyatomic Zintl anions stabilized through crypt complexation of the cation : heteroatomic examples / John D. Corbett, Susan C. Critchlow, and Robert C. Burns --
Multihapto bonding between main group elements and carbocyclic ligands : an approach to the bonding in main group cluster compounds / S.G. Baxter, A.H. Cowley, and J.G. Lasch --
Novel cluster interactions in metalloboranes / Norman N. Greenwood --
Molecular state fingerprints and semiempirical hypersurface calculations : useful correlations to track short-lived molecules / H. Bock, R. Dammel, and B. Roth --
Synthesis of phosphorus-nitrogen polymers by using silicon-nitrogen-phosphorus reagents / Patty Wisian-Neilson, Aroop K. Roy, Ze-Min Xie, and Robert H. Neilson.

Author(s): Alan H. Cowley (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 232
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1983

Language: English
Pages: 177
City: Washington

Title Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
ACS Symposium Series......Page 3
FOREWORD......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 5
IN MEMORIAM: Ralph W. Rudolph......Page 6
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Background......Page 8
Hydride Abstraction Reactions in the Absence of a Solvent......Page 11
Pentaborane(9): A Raw Material for the Preparation of Boron Hydrides and Boron Hydride Derivatives.......Page 17
Literature Cited......Page 21
2 Coordination and Related Chemistry of Polycyclic Tetraphosphorus Compounds......Page 24
P4 and P4-related Tetrahedral Clusters as Donors.......Page 25
Tetraphosphorus Oxides and Imides as Donors. The Transmission of Electronic and Structural Effects through the Molecular Frame......Page 33
Structural Disorder : a Prominent Feature of Closo-Compounds......Page 40
Trends in P-O and P-N Bond Lengths; Contribution to π-Bonding......Page 42
The Coordination Chemistry of Tetraphosphorus Sulfides : a Deceptive but Open Case......Page 47
Literature Cited......Page 51
3 Cyclic and High-Polymeric Phosphazenes as Carrier Molecules for Carboranyl, Metallo, or Bioactive Side Groups......Page 55
Cyclic Trimers and Tetramers as Reaction Models......Page 56
Modern Objectives in Polymer Synthesis......Page 58
Bioactive Polyphosphazenes......Page 60
Linkage of Transition Metals to Phosphazene Rings and High Polymers......Page 63
Literature Cited......Page 71
4 Polyanionic Clusters in Solids and Their Chemical Reactions......Page 74
Metal Compounds as Sources for Polycyclic Systems......Page 75
Crystalline and Plastic Phases M3P7 and M3P11 (M=alkaline metal)......Page 79
Literature Cited......Page 84
5 Cyclophosphathiazenes Containing Two- or Three-Coordinate Sulfur......Page 86
Cyclophosphathiazenes with Two Coordinate Sulfur......Page 87
Cyclophosphathiazenes with Three Coordinate Sulfur......Page 91
Summary and Conclusions......Page 96
Literature Cited......Page 97
6 Polyatomic Zintl Anions Stabilized Through Crypt Complexation of the Cation Heteroatomic Examples......Page 99
Homopolyatomic Anions......Page 100
Electronic Requirements......Page 104
Heteropolyatomic Anions......Page 106
Acknowledgment......Page 111
Literature Cited......Page 113
7 Multihapto Bonding Between Main Group Elements and Carbocyclic Ligands An Approach to the Bonding in Main Group Cluster Compounds......Page 115
Computational Procedures......Page 116
Qualitative Considerations......Page 117
Six or Eight Interstitial Electrons?......Page 119
Consequences of Increasing the Number of Valence Electrons on the Main-Group Fragment......Page 121
Three-, Four-, and Six-Membered Ring Systems......Page 123
Literature Cited......Page 125
8 Novel Cluster Interactions in Metalloboranes......Page 128
Literature Cited......Page 141
9 Molecular State Fingerprints and Semiempirical Hypersurface Calculations Useful Correlations to Track Short-Lived Molecules......Page 142
Some Hints on the Design of Hypersurface Calculations......Page 144
Representative Examples of Semiempirical Hypersurface Calculations for Medium-Sized Molecules.......Page 149
Concluding Remarks......Page 163
Acknowledgments......Page 165
Literature Cited......Page 166
10 Synthesis of Phosphorus-Nitrogen Polymers by Using Silicon-Nitrogen-Phosphorus Reagents......Page 169
Synthesis of Polyphosphazenes......Page 170
CCI4 Reactions of (Silylamino)phosphines......Page 173
Low-coordinate Phosphorus Systems......Page 174
Literature Cited......Page 177