First steps towards a stable neon compound: observation and bonding analysis of [B12(CN)11Ne]

Martin Mayer; Markus Rohdenburg; Valentin van Lessen; Marc C Nierstenhöfer; Edoardo Aprà; Simon Grabowsky; Knut R Asmis; Carsten Jenne; Jonas Warneke

doi:10.1039/d0cc01423k

First steps towards a stable neon compound: observation and bonding analysis of [B₁₂(CN)₁₁Ne]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Apr 28;56(33):4591-4594. doi: 10.1039/d0cc01423k. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Authors

Martin Mayer¹, Markus Rohdenburg, Valentin van Lessen, Marc C Nierstenhöfer, Edoardo Aprà, Simon Grabowsky, Knut R Asmis, Carsten Jenne, Jonas Warneke

Affiliation

¹ Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. jonas.warneke@uni-leipzig.de.

PMID: 32207481
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc01423k

Abstract

Noble gas (Ng) containing molecular anions are much scarcer than Ng containing cations. No neon containing anion has been reported so far. Here, the experimental observation of the molecular anion [B₁₂(CN)₁₁Ne]^- and a theoretical analysis of the boron-neon bond is reported.