A theoretical study of bond distances,X-ray spectra and electron density distributions in borate polyhedra |
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| Authors: | Abha Gupta J A Tossell |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, Maryland, USA
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| Abstract: | The borate polyhedra BO 3 3? , B(OH)3, BO 4 5? , and B(OH) 4 ? are studied using the ab initio and multiple scattering Xα quantum mechanical methods. The ab initio self-consistent-field (SCF) molecular orbital (MO) method, at the minimum basis set level, predicts equilibrium B-O distances within 0.04 Å of their average values in solids so long as the polyhedron charge is small. Orbital energies from double zeta basis set ab initio calculations and analogies with isoelectric compounds are used to assign the X-ray spectra of BO 3 3? and to predict the valence region spectra of BO 4 5? . Contour maps of the difference between molecular and superimposed free atom electron densities show charge buildup along the B-O bond which is only slightly smaller than that observed in CO 3 2? . |
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