All-metal antiaromatic molecule:: Rectangular Al44- in the Li3Al4- anion

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作者
Kuznetsov, AE
Birch, KA
Boldyrev, AI
Li, X
Zhai, HJ
Wang, LS
机构
[1] Washington State Univ, Dept Phys, Richland, WA 99352 USA
[2] Utah State Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, Logan, UT 84322 USA
[3] Pacific NW Natl Lab, WR Wiley Environm Mol Sci Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA
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10.1126/science.1082477
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We report the experimental and theoretical characterization of antiaromaticity in an all-metal system, Li3Al4-, which we produced by laser vaporization and studied with the use of photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The most stable structure of Li3Al4- found theoretically contained a rectangular Al-4(4-) tetraanion stabilized by the three Li+ ions in a capped octahedral arrangement. Molecular orbital analyses reveal that the rectangular Al-4(4-) tetraanion has four pi electrons, consistent with the 4n Huckel rule for antiaromaticity.
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