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Stabilizing H 3 − : Or Are We Stabilizing a Proton?
Author(s) -
Grabowski Sławomir J.,
Hoffmann Roald
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201200182
Subject(s) - proton , physics , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , nuclear physics
Gestalt: The (LiHHHLi) + cation can be looked at in two ways ‐ as a stabilized linear H 3 − anion. Or as two LiH molecules stabilizing a proton. It is not certain if this interesting pentatomic cation can be detected, for it is computed to have only marginal stability with respect to decomposition to its only likely escape channel, to a complex of H 2 and the LiHLi + ion.