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      Unveiling the electronic and structural consequences of removing two electrons from B12H122− (2024) 

      Hernández-Juárez, Gerardo; Vásquez-Espinal, Alejandro; Murillo, Fernando; Quintal, Alan; Ortíz-Chi, Filiberto; Zarate, Ximena; Barroso, Jorge; Merino, Gabriel (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023)
      The notion that a regular icosahedron is unattainable in neutral B12H12 has persisted for nearly 70 years. This is because 24 valence electrons are used for B-H bonds, while another 24 electrons are necessary to maintain ...