%ALi, Wan-Lu%AChen, Teng-Teng%AChen, Wei-Jia%ALi, Jun%AWang, Lai-Sheng%BJournal Name: Nature Communications; Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-11-12 06:52:27 %D2021%INature Publishing Group %JJournal Name: Nature Communications; Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-11-12 06:52:27 %K %MOSTI ID: 10307078 %PMedium: X %TMonovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes %XAbstract

Lanthanide (Ln) elements are generally found in the oxidation state +II or +III, and a few examples of +IV and +V compounds have also been reported. In contrast, monovalent Ln(+I) complexes remain scarce. Here we combine photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations to study Ln-doped octa-boron clusters (LnB8, Ln = La, Pr, Tb, Tm, Yb) with the rare +I oxidation state. The global minimum of the LnB8species changes fromCstoC7vsymmetry accompanied by an oxidation-state change from +III to +I from the early to late lanthanides. All theC7v-LnB8clusters can be viewed as a monovalent Ln(I) coordinated by a η8-B82−doubly aromatic ligand. The B73−, B82−, and B9series of aromatic boron clusters are analogous to the classical aromatic hydrocarbon molecules, C5H5, C6H6, and C7H7+, respectively, with similar trends of size and charge state and they are named collectively as “borozenes”. Lanthanides with variable oxidation states and magnetic properties may be formed with different borozenes.

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