Boronyl Chemistry

Being isovalent with CN and isolobally analogous with H as a monovalent s radical, the boronyl group (BO) has lately emerged as a new branch of chemistry: the so-called "boronyl chemistry". Boronyl provides an unexpected link between boron oxide clusters and boranes, allowing the design of new boron oxide clusters and boron boronyl complexes. We utilize both experimental approaches (IR-PDS and PES) and first-principles theoretical methods to design, produce, characterize new boron oxide clusters, which will effectively enrich the chemistry of boron and may eventually help expand the chemical bonding theory in general.