Crystallographic Characterizations and New High-Yield Synthetic Routes for the Complete Series of 6-X-B10H13 Halodecaboranes (X = F, Cl, Br, I) via Superacid-Induced Cage-Opening Reactions ofcloso-B10H102-
William C. Ewing; Patrick J. Carroll; Larry G. Sneddon; Inorganic Chemistry 47 (2008) 8580–8582; doi:10.1021/ic801288e

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Crystallographic Characterizations and New High-Yield Synthetic Routes for
the Complete Series of 6-X-B10H13 Halodecaboranes (X = F, Cl, Br, I) via
Superacid-Induced Cage-Opening Reactions ofcloso-B10H102-
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;  Shape and scale corrections using equivalent reflections.
   Shape function based on spherical harmonics.
   Highest even and odd order for spherical harmonics:  4  and  3
   Laue group:  2/m
   Friedel opposites are equivalent.
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The following automatic conversions were performed:
'_exptl_absorpt_correction_type' value 'Multi-scan' changed to
'multi-scan' according to
'/home/saulius/struct/CIF-dictionaries/cif_core.dic' dictionary named
'cif_core.dic' version 2.4.1 from 2010-06-29.

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Id: cif_fix_enum 1527 2010-12-29 10:47:43Z saulius 
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