Cage-like La4B24 and Core-Shell La4B290/+/- : perfect spherically aromatic tetrahedral metallo-borospherenes.
J Mol Model
; 27(5): 130, 2021 Apr 21.
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ABSTRACT
Cage-like and core-shell metallo-borospherenes exhibit interesting structures and bonding. Based on extensive global searches and first-principles theory calculations, we predict herein the perfect tetrahedral cage-like Td La4B24 (1) and core-shell Td La4B29 (2), Td La4B29+ (3), and Td La4B29- (4) which all possess the same geometrical symmetry as their carbon fullerene counterpart Td C28, with four equivalent interconnected B6 triangles on the cage surface and four nona-coordinate La centers in four conjoined η9-B9 rings. In these tetra-La-doped boron complexes, La4[B@B4@B24]0/+/- (2/3/4) in the structural motif of 1 + 4 + 28 contain a B-centered tetrahedral Td B@B4 core in a La-decorated tetrahedral La4B24 shell, with the negatively charged tetra-coordinate B- at the center being the boron analog of tetrahedral C in Td CH4 (B- ~ C). Detailed orbital and bonding analyses indicate that these Td lanthanide boride complexes are spherically aromatic in nature with a universal La--B9 (d-p) σ and (d-p) δ coordination bonding pattern. The IR, Raman, and UV-Vis or photoelectron spectra of these novel metallo-borospherenes are computationally simulated to facilitate their spectral characterizations. Graphical abstract.
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J Mol Model
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BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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2021
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China