Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1994, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 754.

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Ab Initio Studies on Boron and Carbon Clusters of Ih Symmetry(Ⅰ)──Geometries and Stabilities of B32,C2B30 and B32H322-

ZHANG Ming-Yu, YU Wei-Zhou, LI Xiao-Tian   

  1. Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Compulational Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023
  • Received:1993-07-10 Revised:1994-03-17 Online:1994-05-24 Published:1994-05-24

Abstract: In this paper,the ab initio calculations are carried out on the geometries,stabilities and reactivities of the boron and carbon clusters with 32 vertices. The optimization calculations show that B32 is the most stable cluster when 12 five-coordinated and 20 six-coordinated borons are not in the same spherical surface.Two kinds of obtained B─Bdistances (R56,R66) verify Lipscomb's a set of empirical values.The calculated results of the electron structure,total energies and the atom populations for B32 and B32H322- indicate that the number of bonding framework orbitals satisfies Wade's rule and that neutral B32H32 is possibly stable,while its symmetry must be lower than Ih.For C2B30the calculation of the bonded energy and the analysis of the frontier orbital characters suggest that the thermal stability of C2B30 is higher and the reactivity of the accepted electron of it is stronger.

Key words: Borane, Carborane, Thermal stability, Reactivity

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