Issue 22, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Unravelling phenomenon of internal rotation in B13+ through chemical bonding analysis†

Gerardo Martínez-Guajardo,ab   Alina P. Sergeeva,c   Alexander I. Boldyrev,*c   Thomas Heine,*b   Jesus M. Ugalde*d  and  Gabriel Merino*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Departamento de Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta s/n 36050 Guanajuato, Mexico
E-mail: gmerino@quijote.ugto.mx

b School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
E-mail: t.heine@jacobs-university.de

c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0300
E-mail: a.i.boldyrev@usu.edu

d Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
E-mail: jesus.ugalde@ehu.es

Abstract

We describe and explain the fluxionality of B13+. The chemical bonding analysis shows that the inner triangle of B13+ is bound to the peripheral ring by delocalized bonds only, allowing a quasi-free rotation of the inner ring.

Graphical abstract: Unravelling phenomenon of internal rotation in B13+ through chemical bonding analysis

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC10821B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Feb 2011
Accepted
15 Mar 2011
First published
01 Apr 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6242-6244

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Unravelling phenomenon of internal rotation in B13+ through chemical bonding analysis

G. Martínez-Guajardo, A. P. Sergeeva, A. I. Boldyrev, T. Heine, J. M. Ugalde and G. Merino, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6242 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10821B

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