The neutral B32 exhibits an aromatic bowl structure containing one heptagonal hole, while two anionic species, one having a bowl structure and the other a quasi-planar structure, are almost degenerate in energy. These findings not only give more insight into the structural features of boron clusters, but also present a key result explaining the presence of heptagonal holes in the fullerene B40.
T. B. Tai and M. T. Nguyen, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 7677 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01252J
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