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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 1596-1601Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jz500322n
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- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA9550-11-1-0068, 10029173-S3]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1351968] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We report a joint photoelectron spectroscopic and theoretical study of the PtZnH5- cluster anion. This cluster exhibited an unprecedented planar pentagonal coordination for Pt and an unusual stability and high intensity in the mass spectrum. Both are due to the sigma-aromaticity found in the H-5-cycle supported by the 5d orbitals on the Pt atom. sigma-Aromaticity in all-H systems has been predicted in the past but never found in experimentally observed species. Besides fundamental importance, mixed transition-metal hydrides can be found as intermediates in catalytic processes, and thus, the unexpected stability facilitated by sigma-aromaticity can be appreciated also in practical applications.
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