A disk-aromatic bowl cluster B30: toward formation of boron buckyballs

Truong Ba Tai; Long Van Duong; Hung Tan Pham; Dang Thi Tuyet Mai; Minh Tho Nguyen

doi:10.1039/C3CC48392D

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A disk-aromatic bowl cluster B₃₀: toward formation of boron buckyballs†

Truong Ba Tai,^a Long Van Duong,^b Hung Tan Pham,^b Dang Thi Tuyet Mai^a and Minh Tho Nguyen*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
E-mail: minh.nguyen@chem.kuleuven.be

^b Institute for Computational Science and Technology (ICST), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract

The B₃₀ boron cluster has a bowl rather than a double-ring or a triple-ring tubular structure. This bowl isomer exhibits disk-aromaticity similar to that found for B₂₀²⁻ and B₁₉⁻ clusters. We confirmed that the concept of disk-aromaticity can be applied to both planar and non-planar systems.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC48392D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 01 Nov 2013
Accepted: 02 Dec 2013
First published: 03 Dec 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 1558-1560

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A disk-aromatic bowl cluster B₃₀: toward formation of boron buckyballs

T. B. Tai, L. V. Duong, H. T. Pham, D. T. T. Mai and M. T. Nguyen, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1558 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48392D

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