Hepta- and Octacoordinate Boron in Molecular Wheels of Eight- and Nine-Atom Boron Clusters: Observation and Confirmation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 48, 2003, Pages 6004-6008

  Zhai, Hua Jin ^a,b   Alexandrova, Anastassia N ^c   Birch, K Alexander ^c   Boldyrev, Alexander I ^c   Wang, Lai Sheng ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Aromaticity; Boron; Cluster compounds; Photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS;

CHEMICAL CLUSTERS;

BORON;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BORON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0346094024     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351874     Document Type: Article

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