Boron: its role in energy‐related processes and applications

Z Huang, S Wang, RD Dewhurst… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Boron's unique position in the Periodic Table, that is, at the apex of the line separating
metals and nonmetals, makes it highly versatile in chemical reactions and applications …

Single─Not Double─3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster

J Poater, S Escayola, A Poater, F Teixidor… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
3D-aromatic molecules with (distorted) tetrahedral, octahedral, or spherical structures are
much less common than typical 2D-aromatic species or even 2D-aromatic-in-3D systems …

Cryogenic and temperature-dependent photoelectron spectroscopy of metal complexes

Q Yuan, W Cao, XB Wang - International Reviews in Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy (NIPES) coupled with electrospray ionisation (ESI)
has been proven to be a powerful gas-phase spectroscopic tool for characterising electronic …

Binding Properties of Small Electrophilic Anions [B6X5] and [B10X9] (X=Cl, Br, I): Activation of Small Molecules Based on π‐Backbonding

S Kawa, H Knorke, J **, M Rohdenburg… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Superelectrophilic anions constitute a special class of molecular anions that show strong
binding of weak nucleophiles despite their negative charge. In this study, the binding …

A benchmark photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical study of the electronic stability of [B12H12] 2−

E Aprà, J Warneke, SS Xantheas… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We report a joint benchmark study on the electronic stability of closo-dodecaborate [B 12 H
12] 2− employing negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy and high level electronic …

Generation and reactivity of the fragment ion [B 12 I 8 S (CN)]− in the gas phase and on surfaces

S Kawa, J Kaur, H Knorke, Z Warneke, M Wadsack… - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Gaseous fragment ions generated in mass spectrometers may be employed as “building
blocks” for the synthesis of novel molecules on surfaces using ion soft-landing. A …

Gas-phase ion chemistry of [B12X12] 2−(X= F, Cl, Br, I, CN). A brief review of twelve years of researching twelve− vertexed dianions and their fragments

J Warneke - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2024 - Elsevier
The closo-dodecaborate dianions [B 12 X 12] 2−(X= halogen, CN) have been recognized in
recent years for their outstanding physical and chemical properties. Gas-phase ion …

Synthesis, structures, DFT calculations, and Hirshfeld surface analysis of sulfonium derivatives of the closo-decaborate anion [B10X9-cyclo-S (CH2) 4]–and [B10X9 …

AS Kubasov, AV Golubev, AY Bykov… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work is devoted to the synthesis and modification of sulfur-containing derivatives of the
closo-decaborate anion with cyclic substituents [2–B 10 H 9–cyclo–S (CH 2) 4]–(1) and [2–B …

Salts and Complexes Containing the Decachloro-closo-Decaborate Anion

VV Avdeeva, EA Malinina, KY Zhizhin… - Russian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This work describes the currently known cationic-anionic and complex metal compounds
containing the decachloro-closo-decaborate anion [B 10 Cl 10] 2–. The influence of the …

Properties of gaseous closo-[B 6 X 6] 2− dianions (X= Cl, Br, I)

M Rohdenburg, Z Yang, P Su, E Bernhardt… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electronic structure, collision-induced dissociation (CID) and bond properties of closo-
[B6X6] 2−(X= Cl–I) are investigated in direct comparison with their closo-[B12X12] 2 …