Comment on “Realization of Lewis Basic Sodium Anion in the NaBH<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>Cluster”
Sudip Pan, Gernot Frenking
Abstract
Abstract We challenge the interpretation of the chemical bond in NaBH 3 − proposed by Liu et al. We argue that NaBH 3 − has an electron‐sharing Na−BH 3 − covalent bond rather than a dative bond Na − →BH 3 .
Topics & Concepts
Realization (probability)Cluster (spacecraft)IonSodiumChemistryInorganic chemistryComputer scienceMathematicsOrganic chemistryOperating systemStatisticsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds