Unravelling phenomenon of internal rotation in B13+ through chemical bonding analysis†
Alina P. Sergeeva,Alexander I. Boldyrev,Thomas Heine,Jesus M. Ugalde,Gabriel Merino
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/01/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1CC10821B
Abstract
We describe and explain the fluxionality of B13+. The chemical bonding analysis shows that the inner triangle of B13+ is bound to the peripheral ring by delocalized bonds only, allowing a quasi-free rotation of the inner ring.
