OCBBCO: a neutral molecule with some boron-boron triple bond character.
Molecules that contain boron-boron multiple bonds are extremely rare due to the electron-deficient nature of boron. Here we report experimental and theoretical evidence of a neutral OCBBCO molecule with some boron-boron triple bond character. The molecule was produced and unambiguously characterized by matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. Quantum chemical calculations indicate that the molecule has a linear singlet ground state with a very short boron-boron bond length.
Zhou
Mingfei
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Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China. mfzhou@fudan.edu.cn
Tsumori
Nobuko
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Li
Zhenhua
Z
Fan
Kangnian
K
Andrews
Lester
L
Xu
Qiang
Q