Geometries, Electronic Structures, and Electron Detachment Energies of Small Boron Sulfide Anions： A Density Functional Theory Investigation

A density functional theory investigation on the geometries, electronic structures, and electron detachment energies of BS, BS2, B（BS）2 and B（BS）3 has been performed in this work. The linear ground-state structures of BS （C∞v, ^1∑^＋） and BS2^- （O∞h, ^1∑g^＋） prove to be similar to the previously reported BO and BO2 with systematically lower electron detachment energies. Small boron sulfide clusters are found to favor the formation of -B=S groups which function basically as a-radicals and dominate the ground-state structures of the systems. The perfect linear B（BS）2^-（D∞h, ^3∑g） and beautiful equilateral triangle B（BS）3^- （D3h,^2A1”） turn out to be analogous to the well-known C2v BH2 and O3h BH3, respectively. The electron affinities of BS, BS2, B（BS）2 and B（BS）3 are predicted to be 2.3, 3.69, 3.00 and 3.45 eV, respectively. The electron detachment energies calculated for BS^-, BS2^-, B（BS）2^-, and B（BS）3^- may facilitate future photoelectron spectroscopy measurements to characterize the geometrical and electronic structures of these anions.     

Probing the Structures and Properties of Asymmetric Clusters (CH3ClBN3)n (n = 1–6) with Density Functional Theory

Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A - The structures, stabilities, IR spectrum and thermodynamic properties of small asymmetric clusters (CH3ClBN3)n (n = 1–6) are probed using density...     

Can Aromaticity Coexist with Diradical Character? An Ab Initio Valence Bond Study of S2N2 and Related 6π‐Electron Four‐Membered Rings E2N2 and E42+ (E=S,Se, Te)

A series of 6π‐electron 4‐center species, E₂N₂ and E₄²⁺ (E=S, Se, Te) is studied by means of ab initio valence bond methods with the aims of settling some controversies on 1) the diradical character of these molecules and 2) the radical sites, E or N, of the preferred diradical structure. It was found that for all molecules, the cumulated weights of the two possible diradical structures are always important and close to 50 %, making these molecules comparable to ozone in terms of diradical character. While the two diradical structures are degenerate in the E₄²⁺ dications, they have on the contrary strongly unequal weights in the E₂N₂ neutral molecules. In these three molecules, the electronic structure is dominated by one diradical structure, in which the radical sites are the two nitrogen atoms, while the other diradical structure is much less important. The ordering of the various VB structures in terms of their calculated weights is confirmed by the relative energies of individual VB structures. In all cases, the major diradical structure (or both diradical structures when they are degenerate) is (are) the lowest one(s), while the covalent VB structures lie higher in energy. The vertical resonance energies are considerable in S₂N₂ and S₄²⁺, about 80 % of the estimated value for benzene, and diminish as one goes down the periodic table (S→Se→Te). This confirms the aromatic character of these species, as already demonstrated for S₂N₂ on the basis of magnetic criteria. This and the high weights and stabilities of one or both diradical structures in all systems indicates that aromaticity and diradical character do not exclude each other, contrary to what is usually claimed. Furthermore, it is shown that the diradical structures find their place in a collective electron flow responsible for the ring currents in the π system of these species.     

First Examples of Electrophilic Addition to a Fe2Q Face of [Fe3(μ3-Q)(CO)9]2− (Q=Se, Te)—Synthesis and Characterisation of [MFe3(μ4-Q)(CO)9Cp*] and [IrFe2(μ3-Q)(CO)7Cp*] (M=Rh, Ir; Cp*=η5-C5(CH3)5)

The reaction of [Et₄N]₂[Fe₃(μ ₃-Q)(CO)₉] (Q=Se ([Et₄N]₂[1b]), Te ([Et₄N]₂[1c])) with [Cp*M(CH₃CN)₃][CF₃SO₃]₂ (M=Rh, Ir) leads to the addition of a Cp*M²⁺ unit to a Fe₂Q face of the initial cluster. In this way four new heteronuclear clusters [MFe₃(μ ₄-Q)(CO)₉Cp*] (M=Rh (2b, c); M=Ir (3b, c)) were obtained possessing a butterfly-shaped cluster core bridged by a μ ₄-Q unit. Furthermore, reaction with the Ir starting complex leads to the metal-substituted derivatives [IrFe₂(μ ₃-Q)(CO)₇Cp*] (4b, c) in lower yields, whose structures consist of a triangular metal core capped by a μ ₃-Q ligand. The products were comprehensively characterised by spectroscopic methods and the molecular structures of 2b, 3c, and 4c were established by single crystal X-ray diffraction measurements.