Three-dimensional ultraviolet-visible

The discovery of polyhedral boranes and polyhedral heteroboranes, which contain at least one atom other than in the cage, initiated a new era in boron chemistry.1-4 Most commonly, of the three commercially available isomeric dicarba-closo-dodecaborane carboranes(l,2-, 1,7-, and 1,12-), the 1,2-isomer 1 has been used for functionalization and connection to organic molecules. The highly delocalized three-dimensional cage bonding that characterizes these carboranes provides extensive thermal and kinetic stabilization as well as photochemical stability in the ultraviolet and visible regions. The unusual icosahedral geometry of these species provides precise directional control of all exopolyhedral bonds. 

Studies carried out in solution provide strong evidence that the helical amylose-iodine complex also exists in such circumstances.11014 1141 The structure of the iodine-amylose complex has also received theoretical treatment,142 and a three-dimensional free-electron model was developed for quantum mechanical calculations. Ultraviolet and visible spectra simulated in this manner reached close agreement with experiment observations. 

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