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Hexaborate cluster radical anions [B6HalnHal'6-n].bul.- and [B6Hal5R].bul.- (Hal, Hal' = Cl, Br, I; R = H, alkyl). Chemical or electrochemical generation, vibrational, UV-Vis and EPR spectroscopy

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Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung, B: A Journal of Chemical Sciences, 54 (9): 1103--1108 (1999)
DOI: 10.1515/znb-1999-0902

Abstract

Paramagnetic hexaborate clusters with mixed halide, halide/hydride substitution were prepd. from oxidizable dianionic precursors and were characterized by cyclic voltammetry, EPR, vibrational and UV-visible spectroscopy. The EPR studies reveal increasing g anisotropy and EPR line-widths on replacing Cl by Br and esp. by I substituents; however, the replacement of one halide by one alkyl (CH3 or CH2CN) or hydride substituent in [B6Hal,R].bul.- causes decreasing radical persistence and g anisotropy. These results indicate a fairly uniform participation of the cluster core and the substituent sphere in the spin distribution as a major factor for the stability of these non-p radicals. [on SciFinder(R)]

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