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This article is very much "ivory tower" because it fails to mention any uses for the material. What is the purpose of a molecule if it has no appliaction at all? Chemistry is a utilitarian science!
91.83.16.142 (
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09:35, 3 May 2008 (UTC)reply
I wonder what we chemists deserve this kind of hostility for.. I have never considered it a 'utilitarian' science. People who do only want apples not appletrees and that is pretty stupid. It is usually only (mis?)managers that come up with such nonsense. And please don't tell me that that belongs in an encyclopedia...
I do think it would be nice if the page could at least give some idea of the properties of these materials.
Also, this molecule has a very interesting structure that yields insights into how molecular bonding works. If nothing else, I'd say that deserves an article.—
Tetracube (
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16:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)reply
The carborane superacid is pretty strong, but it isn't the strongest.
Fluoroantimonic acid has a far higher acidity, albeit with different properties that make it less feasible for certain applications that carborane acids are useful for.
Anyway, I've added an applications section with the two references mentioned above, plus another use of carboranes in solid superacids. I hope you ivory tower people are happy now. ;-)—
Tetracube (
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18:05, 11 May 2010 (UTC)reply
The given equation for the formation of the "dianion" () section Dicarbollide) is wrong, as it actually represents the formation of the monoanion. The dianion is obtained in a second stept by deprotonation using hydrides, e.q. KH: