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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
T(d) B(BO)4(-): a tetrahedral boron oxide cluster analogous to boron hydride T(d) BH4(-)
Wen-Zhi Yao1, Jin-Chang Guo, Hai-Gang Lu
1Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, PR China.
Abstract:
A density functional theory and wave function theory investigation on the geometrical and electronic structures of B5O4(0/-) clusters has been performed in this work. B5O4(-) anion proves to possess a perfect tetrahedral ground state of T(d) B(BO)4(-) ((1)A1) analogous to BH4(-) with four equivalent -BO terminals around the B center, while B5O4 neutral favors a slightly off-planed C(s) B(BO)4 ((2)A') which contains three -BO terminals and one -O- bridge. An intramolecular BO radical transfer occurs from T(d) B(BO)4(-) to C(s) B(BO)4 when one electron is detached from the anion. The one-electron detachment energies of the anion and characteristic stretching vibrational frequencies of -B=O groups at about 2000 cm(-1) have been calculated to facilitate future experimental characterization of these clusters.
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