Dihaloborenium cations stabilized by a four-membered N-heterocyclic carbene : electron deficiency compensation by asymmetric structural changes

• Main Authors: Tay, Madelyn Qin Yi, Murugesapandian, Balasubramanian, Lu, Yunpeng, Ganguly, Rakesh, Rei, Kinjo, Vidović, Dragoslav
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Organic analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105350; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20517
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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.