Some Analogies in Inorganic Chemistry (in memory of A. A. Pasynskii)
Igor B. Sivaev
Abstract
Based on a comparison of the spectral data of dimethylsulfonium derivatives of polyhedral boron hydrides and dimethylsulfide complexes of tantalum and niobium pentahalides, an analogy has been recognized between the Lewis acidity of quasiborinium cations formed upon the removal of the hydride ion from polyhedral boron hydrides, on the one hand, and tantalum and niobium pentahalides, on the other.
Topics & Concepts
TantalumNiobiumHydrideBoronInorganic chemistryChemistryIonLewis acids and basesOrganic chemistryCatalysisHydrogenBoron Compounds in ChemistryOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryCrystallography and molecular interactions