Nomenclature of boranes
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The nomenclature of boranes, and of related species such as carboranes, is a specialized subset of inorganic nomenclature, due to the unique variety of structures adopted by boranes.
Even in simple compositional nomenclature, it is necessary to specify both the number of boron atoms and the number of hydrogen atoms. It is also common to specify the structural type by means of a prefix which relates the structure of the boron cluster to a closed deltahedron with missing vertices. Finally, a full structural description must specify which boron–boron "edges" are bridged by hydrogen atoms, which requires a systematic numbering system for the cluster atoms.[1]
Compositional nomenclature
References
- ↑ Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; pp 89–94. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.
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