Issue 19, 2011

Molecular wheel to monocyclic ring transition in boron–carbon mixed clusters C2B6 and C3B5

Abstract

In this joint experimental and theoretical work we present a novel type of structural transition occurring in the series of CxB8−x (x = 1–8) mixed clusters upon increase of the carbon content from x = 2 to x = 3. The wheel to ring transition is surprising because it is rather planar-to-linear type of transition to be expected in the series since B8, B8, B82 and CB7 are known to possess wheel-type global minimum structures while C8 is linear.

Graphical abstract: Molecular wheel to monocyclic ring transition in boron–carbon mixed clusters C2B6− and C3B5−

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Feb 2011
Accepted
22 Mar 2011
First published
12 Apr 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 8805-8810

Molecular wheel to monocyclic ring transition in boron–carbon mixed clusters C2B6 and C3B5

T. R. Galeev, A. S. Ivanov, C. Romanescu, W. Li, K. V. Bozhenko, L. Wang and A. I. Boldyrev, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 8805 DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20359B

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