title: Dihaloborenium cations stabilized by a four-membered N-heterocyclic carbene: electron deficiency compensation by asymmetric structural changes.
abstract: The synthesis, characterization and X-ray analysis of dichloro- and dibromo-borenium cations stabilized by a 4-membered carbene are reported. The ligand's structural changes, atypical for similar systems, were caused by coordination to electron deficient fragments and its CN2P ring strain.
authors.affiliation: SPMS-CBC, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore. dvidovic@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Madelyn Qin Yi
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Balasubramanian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murugesapandian
authors.forename: Yunpeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Kinjo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rei
authors.forename: Dragoslav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidović