closo-Halogenohydrohexaborate, III Schwingungsspektren der closo-Halogenohydrohexaborate XnB6H6-n2-, n = 1-5; X = Cl, Br, I / closo-Halogenohydrohexaborate, III Vibrational Spectra of the closo-Halogenohydrohexaborates XnB6H6-n2-, n = 1-5; X = Cl, Br, I
The IR and Raman spectra of 20 different halogenohydrohexaborates, including pairs of geometric isomers of the series XnB6H6-n2-, X = Cl, Br, I; n = 1-5, have been assigned according to their point groups D4h, C4v, C3v and C2v determined previously by NMR studies. Due to weak coupling, the vibrations are treated separately to a first approximation in terms of internal B6-cage modes on one hand and modes of the substituents against the cage entity on the other hand. Disregarding the splitting by lowered symmetry, depending on the degree of halogenation, all internal modes of the B6 cluster are observed at nearly unchanged positions in the range of 450-1250 cm-1 . The B6-X stretching vibrations, however, exhibit significant shifts to lower energy with increasing mass of substituents