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Sheng-Lung Chou1, Jen-Iu Lo1, Yu-Chain Peng1
1National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center , No. 101, Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu Science Park , Hsinchu 30076 , Taiwan .
Abstract:
The irradiation of diborane(6) dispersed in solid neon at 3 K with tunable far-ultraviolet light from a synchrotron yielded a set of IR absorption lines, the pattern of which implies a carrier containing two boron atoms. According to isotope effects and quantum-chemical calculations, we identified this new species as diborane(4), B2H4, possessing two bridging B-H-B bonds. Our work thus establishes a new prototype, diborane(4), for bridging B-H-B bonds in molecular structures.
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