William Lipscomb

[sha:d00ab81467eaf554] Photo of William N. Lipscomb, Jr. at his desk.

[sha:f09f6fbf26d8fbc1] Atomic structure of B10H16 a boron hydride. Shown in the middle is the discovery in 1961 of a new type of bond, directly between two boron atoms without terminal hydrogens.

[sha:b1a40fcf8f13d85e] Nuclear Magnetic Resonance NMR spectrum and structure of hexaborane B6H10. NMR Interpretation of hexaborane 12.8 MHz. range (right) A simple example of the chemical shift is the "a" and "b" doublets (

[sha:fd06bfa6c0b8718f] Atomic structure of B10H16 a boron hydride. Shown in the middle is the discovery in 1961 of a bond directly between two boron atoms without terminal hydrogens, a feature not previously seen in other b

[sha:d4be5882d1da390c] Atomic diagram of diborane (B2H6).

[sha:06695d6a7311365c] Lipscombite: Mineral. Small black crystals on dark background. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, mineral collection. Sample was in the large mineral storage room, not o

[sha:48b88e7e4d72f4f7] Barrier to rotation about the carbon-carbon bond of ethane, the ethane barrier. Experimental value of 2.9 kcal/mole is shown.

[sha:e6226bf559dd79ea] Diamond-square-diamond (DSD) rearrangement. At each vertex a boron atom is bonded along triangular faces to other boron atoms and (not shown) a hydrogen atom sticks outward. A bond joining two triangu