Chemical bonding in electron-deficient boron oxide clusters: core boronyl groups, dual 3c-4e hypervalent bonds, and

Qiang Chen1, Haigang Lu, Hua-Jin Zhai

  • 1Nanocluster Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China. hj.zhai@sxu.edu.cn lisidian@sxu.edu.cn.

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