Many M (c) B-n boron wheels are local, but not global minima

作者：Liao Yunlong; Cruz Clara Leticia; Schleyer Paul von Rague; Chen Zhongfang^*

来源：Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, 14(43): 14898-14904.

DOI：10.1039/c2cp41521f

Twenty-six planar boron wheels with a central hypercoordinate atom (M (c) B-n, M is a 2nd or 3rd period element) were designed following the Schleyer-Boldyrev concept of geometric and electronic fit whereby in-plane sigma- as well as pi-aromaticity contribute to the chemical bonding. Global minimum searches using an efficient newly implemented method reveal that most of these boron wheels are only local, rather than global minima. However, the Be (c) B-8 triplet planar wheel global minimum is a new member of the planar hypercoordinate M (c) B-n family. Six categories classify the structures of the other global minima: planar wheels, planar non-wheel forms, quasi-two-center-wheels, as well as leaf-like, pyramid-like, and umbrella-like geometries.

• 出版日期2012