DOI
10.1039/c4cc03698k
Abstract
The B19- anion and other boron species have been dubbed ‘Wankel motors’ for the almost barrierless rotation of inner and outer concentric rings relative to each other in these compounds. A single substitution in B19- is shown to shut down the well-established fluxionality in the anion. A carbon atom substituted in the structure to give a neutral CB18 species is shown computationally to enforce bond localization.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry. This article first appeared in Chemical Communications 50 (2014), 2222-2229.
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Recommended Citation
Cervantes-Navarro, Francisco, Gerardo MartÍnez-Guajardo, Edison Osorio, Diego Moreno, William Tiznado, Rafael Islas, Kelling J. Donald, and Gabriel Merino. "Stop Rotating! One Substitution Halts the B19- Motor." Chemical Communications 50 (2013): 10680-10682. doi:10.1039/c4cc03698k.