Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 337.

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Structure, Stability and Electron-counting Rule of[B20H (18)]n-(n=0,2,4,6) Anionic Isomers

ZHANG Jian, ZHANG Ming-Yu, ZHAO Yuan-Yuan, CHEN Bao-Guo, SUN Chia-Chung   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute ofTheoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
  • Received:2004-06-16 Online:2005-02-10 Published:2005-02-10

Abstract: Various isomers of [B20H18]n-(n=0,2,4,6) anions are investigated by using the DFT method at B3LYP/6-31G* level to obtain the optimized geometries and the order of stability. The optimized bond lengths are consistent with the available experimental values. The calculated vibrational frequencies are all real, so all of these isomers should be stable structures where [a2-B20H18]2-(3), [a2-B20H18]0(8) and [a2-B20H18]6-(9) predicted in this paper were not discovered. Moreover, the analyses on counting of skelet al bonding electrons show that isomers 1—7 obey the electronic requirement predicted by the mno rule, but isomers 8 and 9 are two exceptions.

Key words: Macropolyhedral boranes, Electron-counting mno rule, DFT method, Electronic state, Stability

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