A photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical study of B16- and B16(2-): an all-boron naphthalene.
The structure and chemical bonding of B16- were studied using ab initio calculations and photoelectron spectroscopy. Its global minimum is found to be a quasi-planar and elongated structure (C2h). Addition of an electron to B16- resulted in a perfectly planar and closed shell B16(2-) (D2h), which is shown to possess 10 pi electrons with a pi-bonding pattern similar to that of naphthalene and can thus be considered as an "all-boron naphthalene", a new member in the growing family of hydrocarbon analogues of boron clusters.
Sergeeva
Alina P
AP
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322, USA.
Zubarev
Dmitry Yu
DY
Zhai
Hua-Jin
HJ
Boldyrev
Alexander I
AI
Wang
Lai-Sheng
LS