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- noun Plural form of
borane .
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Examples
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In 1976, Dr. Lipscomb won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding."
James M. Gentile: The Pivotal Role of the Scientist-Educator James M. Gentile 2011
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In 1976, Dr. Lipscomb won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding."
James M. Gentile: The Pivotal Role of the Scientist-Educator James M. Gentile 2011
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Knowledge of the great subject field, covering the boranes and related chemical compounds, has thus been enormously enriched, at the same time as scientists have gained a deeper insight into the nature of chemical bonding.
James M. Gentile: The Pivotal Role of the Scientist-Educator James M. Gentile 2011
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Knowledge of the great subject field, covering the boranes and related chemical compounds, has thus been enormously enriched, at the same time as scientists have gained a deeper insight into the nature of chemical bonding.
James M. Gentile: The Pivotal Role of the Scientist-Educator James M. Gentile 2011
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William N. Lipscomb of Harvard received the prize in 1976 "for his studies on the structures of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding".
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Your discovery and exploration of borohydrides and organo boranes have given the chemists new and powerful tools for organic syntheses.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 - Presentation Speech 1979
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Professor William Lipscomb for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 - Presentation Speech 1976
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A great number of boranes and related compounds are known, and it is this whole group of substances which has been studied by Lipscomb.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 - Presentation Speech 1976
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But it was only from about 1912 that the German chemist Alfred Stock succeeded in producing some pure boranes.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 - Presentation Speech 1976
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The structures and bonding conditions of boranes remained, however, unknown until about 1950, and it is not without reason that they have been considered problematical.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 - Presentation Speech 1976
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