Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5395123 | Computational and Theoretical Chemistry | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The geometrical structures, potential energy surfaces, stabilities, and bonding characteristics of low-energy isomers for planar C4B2 and C2B4 are systematically investigated at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(d)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level. Isomers 1a (C2h, 1Ag) and 2a (D2h, 1Ag) with belt-like geometries are the lowest-energy structures of C4B2 and C2B4, respectively, and their structures tend to be similar to those of B6, CB5, and C3B3 clusters. For CxB6-x (x = 1-6) clusters, an interesting planar-to-linear structural transition occurs at x = 1 and 2. The Ï-radial, Ï-tangential, and delocalized Ï molecular orbitals are favorable to stabilizing structures of lower-energy isomers of C4B2 and C2B4 based on the NBO and molecular orbital analyses. The lowest-energy isomers of C4B2 and C2B4 are stable both thermodynamically and kinetically at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(d)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level and detectable in experiment, which is significant for future experimental studies of C4B2 and C2B4.
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Authors
Chunyan He, Jingling Shao, Rongwei Shi, Xiaolei Zhu,