boron stands apart from carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, which are nonmetals. Yet because of their similar electronic properties ...

The arrangement of small molecules—known as ligands—around transition metal atoms affects how the metal atoms behave. This is important because transition metals are used as catalysts in the synthesis ...

Olah (1994; carbocations, analogues of boranes and carboranes). They and many other chemists have been in their element in the fascinating world of boron chemistry.