THEORETICAL-STUDIES ON LEWIS-ACIDITY-SCALE AND BONDING CHARACTER OF BORON TRIHALIDES BX3 (X=F, CL, BR, I) BY DV-X-ALPHA QUANTUM-CHEMICAL APPROACH

Authors
CAI ZT LI CR ZHANG RQ DENG CH
Citation
Zt. Cai et al., THEORETICAL-STUDIES ON LEWIS-ACIDITY-SCALE AND BONDING CHARACTER OF BORON TRIHALIDES BX3 (X=F, CL, BR, I) BY DV-X-ALPHA QUANTUM-CHEMICAL APPROACH, Chinese journal of chemistry, 15(1), 1997, pp. 17-20
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chinese journal of chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
1001604X
Volume
15
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
1001-604X(1997)15:1<17:TOLABC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The Lewis acidity scale of boron trihalides BX3 (X=F, Cl, Br, I) and c haracter of the boron-halogen bonds have been studied by means of DV-X , approach. Present results show that the acid strength of boron triha lides increases in the order BF3<BCl3<BBr3<BI3, in excellent agreement with experiments. Based on boron-halogen bonding character, the valen ce of boron atom in boron compounds can be considered as equal to five instead of three which seems to be more reasonable.