A planar pentacoordinate oxygen in the experimentally observed [Be<sub>5</sub>O<sub>6</sub>]<sup>2−</sup> dianion
Rui Sun, Yang Yang, Xin Wu, Hua‐Jin Zhai, Caixia Yuan, Yan‐Bo Wu
Abstract
Sharing the molecular formula of [Be 5 O 6 ] 2– generated by electrospray ionization in 2006, D 5h [O©Be 5 O 5 ] 2– was identified here as a global energy minimum, representing the first experimental observation of a non-classical planar pentacoordinate oxygen.
Topics & Concepts
OxygenPlanarOxygen atomCrystallographyPhysicsChemistryAtomic physicsMoleculeQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceComputer graphics (images)Catalysis and Oxidation ReactionsInorganic Fluorides and Related CompoundsLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials