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Interpreting the electronic structure of the hydrogen-bridge bond in B2H6 through a hypothetical reaction

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In order to elucidate the electronic structure of the hydrogen-bridge bond in B2H6 molecule, the formation process of B2H6 had been created by a hypothetical reaction of “B2H4 2− + 2H+”, and the symmetry principles for reaction are applied in the process of creating new molecular orbitals through linear combination of the old orbitals. The orbital components of the hydrogen-bridge bond in B2H6 are obtained, and the electronic structure of the hydrogen-bridge bond is explained qualitatively. In addition, the idea that explains the structure of a molecule by creating a hypothetical reaction is proposed, which might make more application in other cases.

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This study is supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Fuyang Normal College (2010FSKJ04).

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Liao, R. Interpreting the electronic structure of the hydrogen-bridge bond in B2H6 through a hypothetical reaction. Struct Chem 23, 525–527 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-011-9877-x

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