<p>Parallel to the hexagonal C<sub>6</sub> motif in carbon materials (such as graphene and carbon nanotubes) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, three-membered boron and aluminum rings are the smallest key units seen in their clusters and materials (such as borophene). Herein, we report an edge-condensation protocol of a B<sub>3</sub> ring to render a cationic icosagen species. A single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and computational studies reveal that the planar B<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> core consists of three consecutive three-center two-electron bonds. Remarkably, the icosagen ring exhibits global σ-aromaticity. The reactions with a cationic gallium and a copper complex afford a dicationic B<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2</sub> species assimilating a Ga atom by coordination with two borafluorene ligands and a dinuclear copper complex bearing a <i>η</i><sup>2</sup>-dianionic diborane ligand, respectively, demonstrating the π-donor property as well as the capability of transferring the dianionic diborane fragment.</p>

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Edge-condensation to access a crystalline planar icosagen cation with σ-aromaticity

  • Zhongtao Feng,
  • Rei Kinjo

摘要

Parallel to the hexagonal C6 motif in carbon materials (such as graphene and carbon nanotubes) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, three-membered boron and aluminum rings are the smallest key units seen in their clusters and materials (such as borophene). Herein, we report an edge-condensation protocol of a B3 ring to render a cationic icosagen species. A single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and computational studies reveal that the planar B3Al2 core consists of three consecutive three-center two-electron bonds. Remarkably, the icosagen ring exhibits global σ-aromaticity. The reactions with a cationic gallium and a copper complex afford a dicationic B3Al2 species assimilating a Ga atom by coordination with two borafluorene ligands and a dinuclear copper complex bearing a η2-dianionic diborane ligand, respectively, demonstrating the π-donor property as well as the capability of transferring the dianionic diborane fragment.