Issue 30, 2015

Boronyl as a terminal ligand in boron oxide clusters: hexagonal ring C2v B6O4 and ethylene-like D2h B6O4−/2−

Abstract

Considerable recent research effort has been devoted to the development of boronyl (BO) chemistry. Here we predict three perfectly planar boron boronyl clusters: C2v B6O4 (1, 1A1), D2h B6O4 (2, 2B3u), and D2h B6O42− (3, 1Ag). These are established as the global-minimum structures on the basis of the coalescence kick and basin hopping structural searches and electronic structure calculations at the B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ level, with complementary CCSD/6-311+G* and single-point CCSD(T)/6-311+G*//B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations for 2. The C2v B6O4 neutral cluster features a hexagonal B4O2 ring with two terminal BO groups. The D2h B6O4−/2− clusters have ethylene-like structures and are readily formulated as B2(BO)4−/2−, in which a B2 core with double bond character is bonded to four terminal BO groups. Chemical bonding analyses show that B6O4 (1) possesses an aromatic π bonding system with three delocalized, six-centered π bonds over the hexagonal ring, rendering it an inorganic analogue of benzene, whereas the B6O4−/2− (2 and 3) species closely resemble ethylene in terms of structures and bonding. This work provides new examples for the analogy between boron oxides and hydrocarbons.

Graphical abstract: Boronyl as a terminal ligand in boron oxide clusters: hexagonal ring C2v B6O4 and ethylene-like D2h B6O4−/2−

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Feb 2015
Accepted
29 Jun 2015
First published
29 Jun 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 19929-19935

Boronyl as a terminal ligand in boron oxide clusters: hexagonal ring C2v B6O4 and ethylene-like D2h B6O4−/2−

W. Wang, Q. Chen, Y. Wang, H. Bai, T. Gao, H. Li, H. Zhai and S. Li, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 19929 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP00812C

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