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Noble gas inserted compounds of borazine and its derivative B3N3R6: structures and bonding

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Quantum chemistry computations were performed at the MP2 and B3LYP levels of theory using the basis sets aug-cc-pVDZ and def2-TZVPPD to study the noble gas (Ng) compounds formed by insertion of a Ng atom (Kr, Xe, Rn) into the B–H/F and N–H/F bonds of inorganic benzene B3N3H6 and its fluorine derivative B3N3F6. The geometrical structures were optimized and vibrational analysis was carried out to demonstrate these structures being local minima on the potential energy surface. The thermodynamic properties of the formation process of Ng compounds were calculated. A series of theoretical methods based on the wavefunction analysis, including NBO, AIM and ELF methods and energy decomposition analysis, was used to investigate the bonding nature of the noble gas atoms and the properties of the Ng compounds. The N–Ng bond was found to be stronger than the B–Ng bond, but the B–Ng bond is of typical covalent character and σ-donation from the Ng atom to the ring B atom makes the predominant contribution towards stability of the B-Ng bond. NICS calculation shows that these Ng-containing compounds are of weak π-aromaticity.

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Wen, M., Li, Z.Z. & Li, A.Y. Noble gas inserted compounds of borazine and its derivative B3N3R6: structures and bonding. J Mol Model 24, 326 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-018-3860-z

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