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The Strongest Isolable Acid

Abstract

Measure for measure: Several measures indicate that carborane acids of the type H(CHB11R5X6) (see scheme, green R, red X, gray H, pink B) for R = H, Cl and X = Cl, Br, I are the strongest pure Bronsted acids. Based on NMR and IR spectroscopy, H(CHB11Cl11) can lay claim to be the strongest isolable acid presently known.

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