“…The significant structural variations described in the last paragraph emphasize the need for a robust nomenclature system for such open cages. The 'debor' method [2p,36] -debor, x,y-didebor, or x,y,z,-tridebor (where x, y and z are locants), followed by the name of the closed structure ending with 'ane' (for a neutral borane) and the actual number of hydrogen atoms (in the unsubstituted open-cage parent) in parenthesis. Names of negatively charged species would need to specify hydrido positions, end with 'ate', and have the charge in parentheses.…”