title: OCBBCO: a neutral molecule with some boron-boron triple bond character.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China. mfzhou@fudan.edu.cn
authors.forename: Mingfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsumori
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kangnian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu