LAUSR

Abstract Multicenter bonding, one of the common phenomenon in p-block as well as d-block metals, is a rare phenomenon in s-block metals. Very few examples, if not none, are there in the literature. Herein, we have proposed a 3c-2e bonding scenario involving alkaline earth metals. Different bonding analyses confirm the presence of multicenter 3c-2e bonds in these proposed compounds. All these analyses are strikingly similar as found in diborane. These proposed molecules are found to be thermodynamically stable.