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In [[chemistry]] the '''polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory''' (PSEPT) provides [[electron counting]] rules useful for predicting the structures of [[cluster compound|clusters]] such as [[borane]] and [[carborane]] clusters. The electron counting rules were originally formulated by [[Kenneth Wade]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=The structural significance of the number of skeletal bonding electron-pairs in carboranes, the higher boranes and borane anions, and various transition-metal carbonyl cluster compounds|author-link=Kenneth Wade |first=K. |last=Wade |journal=J. Chem. Soc. D |date=1971 |volume=1971|pages=792–793 |DOI=10.1039/C29710000792}}</ref> and were further developed by [[Michael Mingos]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=A General Theory for Cluster and Ring Compounds of the Main Group and Transition Elements |author-link=Michael Mingos|first=D. M. P. |last=Mingos |journal=Nature Phys. Sci. |volume=236 |pages=99–102 |doi=10.1038/physci236099a0}}</ref> and others; they are sometimes known as '''Wade's rules''' or the '''Wade–Mingos rules'''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The significance and impact of Wade's rules |first=Alan J. |last=Welch |journal=Chem. Commun. |date=2013|volume=49 |pages=3615–3616 |DOI=10.1039/C3CC00069A}}</ref> The rules are based on a [[molecular orbital]] treatment of the bonding.<ref name=Wade>{{cite journal|title=Structural and Bonding Patterns in Cluster Chemistry|last=Wade |first=K.|journal=Adv. Inorg. Chem. Radiochem. |year=1976|volume=18|pages=1–66|doi=10.1016/S0065-2792(08)60027-8}}</ref><ref name=lecture>{{cite journal|title= Lecture notes distributed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign|last=Girolami |first=G.|date=Fall 2008}} These notes contained original material that served as the basis of the sections on the 4''n'', 5''n'', and 6''n'' rules.</ref><ref name=Nyholm>{{cite journal|title=Nyholm Memorial Lectures|last=Gilespie |first=R. J.|journal=[[Chemical Society Reviews|Chem. Soc. Rev.]]|year=1979|volume=8|issue=3|pages=315–352|doi=10.1039/CS9790800315}}</ref><ref name=Mingos>{{cite journal|title=Polyhedral Skeletal Electron Pair Approach|last=Mingos |first=D. M. P.|journal=[[Acc. Chem. Res.]]|year=1984|volume=17|issue=9|pages=311–319|doi=10.1021/ar00105a003}}</ref> These rules have been extended and unified in the form of the [[Jemmis mno rules|Jemmis ''mno'' rules]].<ref name=mnorules>{{cite journal|title=A Unifying Electron-counting rule for Macropolyhedral Boranes, Metallaboranes, and Metallocenes|journal=[[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]]|year=2001|volume=123|issue=18|pmid=11457198|pages=4313–4323|doi=10.1021/ja003233z|last1=Jemmis|first1=Eluvathingal D.|last2=Balakrishnarajan|first2=Musiri M.|last3=Pancharatna|first3=Pattath D.}}</ref><ref name=mnoreview>{{cite journal|title=Electronic Requirements for Macropolyhedral Boranes|journal=[[Chem. Rev.]]|year=2002|volume=102|issue=1|pages=93–144|doi=10.1021/cr990356x|last1=Jemmis|first1=Eluvathingal D.|last2=Balakrishnarajan|first2=Musiri M.|last3=Pancharatna|first3=Pattath D.|pmid=11782130}}</ref>

==Predicting structures of cluster compounds==