THE MOLECULAR-STRUCTURES OF PENTABORANE(11), B5H11, AND HEXABORANE(12), B6H12, IN THE GAS-PHASE AS DETERMINED BY ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION AND AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS

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BRAIN, PT
HNYK, D
RANKIN, DWH
BUHL, M
SCHLEYER, PV
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[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,DEPT CHEM,W MAINS RD,EDINBURGH EH9 3JJ,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV ERLANGEN NURNBERG,INST ORGAN CHEM,D-91054 ERLANGEN,GERMANY
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10.1016/S0277-5387(00)81714-3
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The electron-diffraction patterns of gaseous arachno-B5H11 and arachno-B6H12 have been reanalysed. Inclusion of ab initio (MP2/6-31G*) computed bond-length differences in the refinements afforded new optimum geometries with improved R factors (R(G) = 0.053 and 0.057, respectively) compared with the structures reported previously. In contrast to the latter, the new geometries can be employed to calculate B-11 NMR chemical shifts (DZ//GED level) which are in good agreement with the experimental NMR data.
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