The electronic structure of the boron hydrides. Part I. Cage molecules

Abstract
The electronic structure of the boron hydrides is frequently described in terms of ‘three-centred bonds’. We use these bonds as basis functions in a Hückel-type MO description of the bonding in boron cage polyhedra. It is found that basis sets composed of three- and two-centre bonding orbitals lead to very similar MO descriptions, which are also in agreement with literature data.

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