A main-group donor-acceptor adduct: 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene-tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane.
The solid-state structural analysis of the title compound, Me4C2N2C-->B(C6F5)3 or C25H12BF15N2, provides useful metric parameters for the qualitative comparison of the donor strength with other mono- and dicoordinate main-group compounds which feature distinctive lone-pair character.
Phillips
Andrew D
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Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Power
Philip P
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