On the structure and bonding in the B4O4(+) cluster: a boron oxide analogue of the 3,5-dehydrophenyl cation with π and σ double aromaticity

• Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 17; no. 44; p. 29697
• Main Authors: Ou, Ting, Tian, Wen-Juan, You, Xue-Rui, Wang, Ying-Jin, Wang, Kang, Zhai, Hua-Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 28.11.2015

Boron oxide clusters offer intriguing molecular models for the electron-deficient system, in which the boronyl (BO) group plays a key role and the interplay between the localized BO triple bond and the multicenter electron delocalization dominates the chemical bonding. Here we report the structural,...