Issue 60, 2014

B182−: a quasi-planar bowl member of the Wankel motor family

Abstract

A quasi-planar member of the so-called ‘Wankel motor’ family, B182−, is found. This boron cluster is an electronically stable dianion and a concentric doubly σ- and π-aromatic system. The inner B6 unit in B182− undergoes quasi-free rotation inside the perimeter of the B12 ring. The absence of any localized σ-bond between the inner ring and the peripheral boron atoms makes the system fluxional.

Graphical abstract: B182−: a quasi-planar bowl member of the Wankel motor family

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Mar 2014
Accepted
28 Apr 2014
First published
29 Apr 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 8140-8143

Author version available

B182−: a quasi-planar bowl member of the Wankel motor family

D. Moreno, S. Pan, L. L. Zeonjuk, R. Islas, E. Osorio, G. Martínez-Guajardo, P. K. Chattaraj, T. Heine and G. Merino, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 8140 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02225D

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