Chemist no. 145 of 350 · Inorganic
William Lipscomb
1919-2011United StatesNobel Chemistry 1976
Structure and bonding of boranes
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William Lipscomb: Solving the Puzzle of Electron-Deficient Boranes
William Lipscomb explained boranes: diborane banana bonds, 3c-2e bonding, styx numbers and cage structures. Simple notes with exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.
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William Lipscomb: The Chemist Who Understood Boron's Strange Bonds
Life of William N. Lipscomb Jr. (1919-2011): Kentucky childhood, Caltech with Pauling, Harvard career, borane bonding work and the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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