Normal coordinate analysis of icosahedral closoborate anions B12Y2−12 (Y = H, D, F, Cl, Br, I)

✍ Scribed by S.J. Cyvin; B.N. Cyvin; T. Mogstad

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 250 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1386-1425
• DOI: 10.1016/0584-8539(86)80007-1

✦ Synopsis

A normal coordinate analysis is performed for the dodecaborane anion and its halogen substitutes. This is one of the few existing works in which the challenging problems of molecular vibrations of icosahedral molecules have been attacked. Calculated vibrational frequencies of the spectroscopically active species are in good agreement with observed values. Inactive frequencies, potential energy distributions and calculated mean amplitudes of vibration are also reported.