The Borane, Carborane, Carbocation Continuum

PATTERNS OF STRUCTURE IN BORANES AND CARBORANES

Vertex Homogeneity: The "Hidden Hand" that Governs Electron-Deficient Borane, Carborane, and Carbocation Structures (R. Williams)

The Borane-Carborane Structural Pattern: Some Correlations and Implications (M. Fox & K. Wade)

Disobedient Skeletons (J. Kennedy)

Seco-Systematization of Boranes and Heteroboranes (S. Hermánek)

THE CARBORANE-CARBOCATION CONTINUUM

Boron Superelectrophiles and Their Carbocation Analogs (G. Olah)

Extension of the Borane-Carbocation Continuum to Cage Systems (G. Prakash, et al.)

Are Polyhedral Boranes, Carboranes, and Carbocations Aromatic? (P. Schleyer & K. Najafian)

Electron Deficient Compounds and Theory Deficient People (R. Parry)

UNTANGLING MOLECULAR STRUCTURES

Computational Studies of Nido-C_4B_7H_11 Carboranes and Nido-8-Vertex Boranes and Carboranes (J. Bausch & A. Tebben)

Applications of IGLO/GIAO NMR Computations to Carborane Systems: Products of Trimethylamine/Closo-Carborane Reactions; Carborane ¯13C Chemical Shifts (T. Onak)

Mechanistic Patterns in Carborane Reactions as Revealed by ab initio Calculations (M. McKee)

Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons with Small Boranes: New Insights and Recent Advances (R. Greatrex & M. Fox)

Recent Advances in Metallacarborane Sandwich Chemistry: Controlled Linking, Stacking, and Cool Fusion (R. Grimes)

NEW SPECIEIS OF BORANES AND CARBORANES

Isoelectronic Borane and Hydrocarbon Metal Complexes (T. Fehlner)

Cyclic Organohydroborate Anions: Hydride Transfer Reactions in the Reduction of Metal Carbonyls and Organic Functional Groups; Reactions with Zirconocene and Hafnocene Dichlorides (S. Shore, et al.)

Importance of ¯11B-¯1H Coupling Constants in Assigning the ¯11B Signals (S. Hermánek, et al.)

Closo-and Nido-Clusters with a B_4 or NB_3 Skeleton (P. Paetzold)

New Prespectives in the Chemistry of C_2B_4-and C_4B_8-Carboranes (N. Hosmane & J. Maguire)

Index

JOSEPH CASANOVA, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at the California State University, Los Angeles, and a senior research fellow of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California.