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The gas-phase structure of 1-selena-closo-dodecaborane(11), 1-SeB 11H11, determined by the concerted use of electron diffraction and computational methods

D. Hnyk, D.A. Wann, J. Holub, M. Bühl, H.E. Robertson, D.W.H. Rankin

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Abstract

The molecular structure of 1-selena-closo-dodecaborane(11), 1-SeB 11H11, has been determined by the concerted use of quantum chemical calculations and gas-phase electron diffraction. The structure has C5v symmetry and is distorted from a regular icosahedron mainly through the expansion of the pentagon of boron atoms adjacent to selenium, with ra3,1(B-B) = 192.2(2) pm. The Se-B bond length is extremely well determined [ra3,1(Se-B) = 212.9(2) pm] and this is reflected by a pronounced peak in the radial-distribution curve. The accuracy of the experimental structure, as well as that calculated at the MP2/962(d) level, has been gauged by comparison of the 11B chemical shifts (calculated at two different gauge-including atomic orbitals (GIAO) levels) with experimental NMR values. The inclusion of electron correlation in the magnetic property calculations (GIAO-MP2) gave superior results to those carried out using GIAO-Hartree-Fock. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)96-100
Number of pages5
JournalDalton Transactions
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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Export Date: 1 October 2013

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doi: 10.1039/b714457a

Language of Original Document: English

Correspondence Address: Rankin, D.W.H.; School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]

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Keywords

  • Boron compounds
  • Chemical shift
  • Computational methods
  • Electron diffraction
  • Molecular structure
  • Selenium compounds
  • Electron correlation
  • Gas-phase structure
  • Gauge-including atomic orbitals (GIAO) levels
  • Paraffins

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