@article{Belanger‐ChabotBraunschweig2019, author = {B{\´e}langer-Chabot, Guillaume and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Hexahalodiborate Dianions: A New Family of Binary Boron Halides}, series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, volume = {58}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, number = {40}, doi = {10.1002/anie.201906666}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219688}, pages = {14270-14274}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The electron-precise binary boron subhalide species [B\(_2\)X\(_6\)]\(^{2-}\) X=F, Br, I) were synthesized and their structures confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The existence of the previously claimed [B\(_2\)Cl\(_6\)]\(^{2-}\), which had been questioned, was also confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The dianions are isoelectronic to hexahaloethanes, are subhalide analogues of the well-known tetrahaloborate anions (BX\(_4\)\(^-\)), and are rare examples of molecular electron-precise binary boron species beyond B\(_2\)X\(_4\), BX\(_3\), and [BX\(_4\)]\(^-\).}, language = {en} }