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Dihalo bismuth cations: unusual coordination properties and inverse solvent effects in Lewis acidity

Ramler, Jacqueline, Stoy, Andreas, Preitschopf, Tobias, Kettner, Janosch, Fischer, Ingo, Roling, Bernhard, Fantuzzi, Felipe, Lichtenberg, Crispin (2022) Dihalo bismuth cations: unusual coordination properties and inverse solvent effects in Lewis acidity. Chemical Communications, 58 (70). pp. 9826-9829. ISSN 1359-7345. E-ISSN 1364-548X. (doi:10.1039/D2CC04017D) (KAR id:98586)

Abstract

A series of well-defined cationic hepta-coordinate bismuth halides [BiX2(py)5][B(3,5-(CF3)2-C6H3)4] (X = Cl, Br, I), stabilized only by substitutionally labile solvent molecules, were synthesized and fully characterized. Their apparent D5h symmetry with a lone pair at the central atom is unprecedented for main group compounds. The potential of BiX3 to show unexpectedly high Lewis acidities in moderately polar solvents is likely due to the formation of [BiX2(solv)5]+ and related ionic species.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1039/D2CC04017D
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Chemistry and Forensics
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Felipe Fantuzzi
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2022 01:03 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Aug 2023 23:00 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98586 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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