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Paradigms and paradoxes. Tetrahedral units: dodecahedral super-structures

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Different novel organic-chemical possibilities for tetrahedral building units are considered, with attention to their utility in constructing different super-structures. As a representative construction, we consider the use of sets of 20 such identical tetrahedral units to form a super-dodecahedron.

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Acknowledgements

Support is acknowledged from the Welch Foundation of Houston, Texas. YPO acknowledges extensive use of the MIZTLI super-computing facility of DGTIC-UNAM, PAPIIT project IG100616 from DGAPA, and CONACyT project CB-219993.

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  1. MARS, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Pkwy, Galveston, TX, 77554, USA

    Yenni P. Ortiz & Douglas J. Klein

  2. Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad s/n, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico

    Yenni P. Ortiz

  3. Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

    Joel F. Liebman

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Ortiz, Y.P., Klein, D.J. & Liebman, J.F. Paradigms and paradoxes. Tetrahedral units: dodecahedral super-structures. Struct Chem 29, 89–96 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-017-1003-2

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