A disk-aromatic bowl cluster B30: toward formation of boron buckyballs

The B30 boron cluster has a bowl rather than a double-ring or a triple-ring tubular structure. This bowl isomer exhibits disk-aromaticity similar to that found for B20(2-) and B19(-) clusters. We confirmed that the concept of disk-aromaticity can be applied to both planar and non-planar systems.

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Published in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2014-02, Vol.50 (13), p.1558-1560
Main Authors: Tai, Truong Ba, Duong, Long Van, Pham, Hung Tan, Mai, Dang Thi Tuyet, Nguyen, Minh Tho
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The B30 boron cluster has a bowl rather than a double-ring or a triple-ring tubular structure. This bowl isomer exhibits disk-aromaticity similar to that found for B20(2-) and B19(-) clusters. We confirmed that the concept of disk-aromaticity can be applied to both planar and non-planar systems.
ISSN:1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c3cc48392d