Boron-nitrogen analogues of the fluorenyl anion.
The synthesis and structural characterisation of [BPh(bipy)] and [BCl(bipy)] are described both of which contain a direduced bipy ligand (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridyl) and are analogues of the fluorenyl anion; DFT calculations highlight differences in the electronic structure of both species compared to the fluorenyl anion.
Mansell
Stephen M
SM
University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol, UKBS8 1TS. Chris.Russell@bris.ac.uk n.c.norman@bris.ac.uk.
Norman
Nicholas C
NC
Russell
Christopher A
CA