(a) From its formula, classify B 10 H 14 as closo, nido, or arachno. (b) Use Wades...

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(a) From its formula, classify B10H14 as closo, nido, or arachno. 

(b) Use Wade’s rules to determine the number of framework electron pairs for decaborane(14). 

(c) Verify by detailed accounting of valence electrons that the number of cluster valence electrons of B10H14 is the same as that determined in (b).

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Authors: Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke

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