Y©B8C4 cluster: a boron-carbon molecular wheel with dodeca-coordination number in plane

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Nov 30;24(46):28548-28553. doi: 10.1039/d2cp04195b.

Abstract

Computational evidence is reported for the largest planar molecular wheel of the Y©B8C4 cluster, featuring an yttrium atom enclosed by a highly symmetric B8C4 ring. The B8C4 ring is viable in the -(BCB)4- form with double 9π/10σ aromaticity. The centered yttrium atom is dodeca-coordinated with the peripheral B8C4 ring, which sets a record coordination number for a planar structure in chemistry heretofore.