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Title: Observation of Transition‐Metal–Boron Triple Bonds in IrB 2 O and ReB 2 O
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Award ID(s):
1763380
Publication Date:
NSF-PAR ID:
10160286
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume:
59
Issue:
35
Page Range or eLocation-ID:
p. 15260-15265
ISSN:
1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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