The effects of halogen elements on the opening of an icosahedral B12 framework

Liang-Fa Gong, Wei Li, Edison Osorio +3

The fully halogenated or hydrogenated B12X12 (X = H, F, Cl, Br and I) clusters are confirmed to be icosahedral. On the other hand, the bare B12 cluster is shown to have a planar st…