Talk:Octadecaborane

Structure/terminology confusion
The Olsen-1968 ref talks about two geometric isomers identified as "n" and "i", but the Londesborough-2012 ref talks about "syn" and "anti" isomers. From their diagrams and descriptions, these seem like the same pair of isomers. Borane chemistry isn't my specialty, so I don't know if there is some other difference I'm not seeing, or if terminology for this class was changed in in the intervening years. DMacks (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Olsen mentions that the two have been "characterized by X-ray diffraction studies", citing:
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 * That 10.1021/ja00895a046 has nice perspective diagrams comparing them. DMacks (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * That 10.1021/ja00895a046 has nice perspective diagrams comparing them. DMacks (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That 10.1021/ja00895a046 has nice perspective diagrams comparing them. DMacks (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That 10.1021/ja00895a046 has nice perspective diagrams comparing them. DMacks (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)