title: Boron-nitrogen analogues of the fluorenyl anion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol, UKBS8 1TS. Chris.Russell@bris.ac.uk n.c.norman@bris.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mansell
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Russell