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Structural and theoretical studies of intermolecular dihydrogen bonding in [(C6F5)2(C6Cl5)B]-H···H-[TMP]
Hasna Zaher1, Andrew E Ashley, Mark Irwin
1Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK. dermot.ohare@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Abstract:
The product of the intermolecular 'frustrated Lewis pair' (FLP) B(C6F5)2(C6Cl5)/2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine and H2 has been studied by single-crystal neutron diffraction. This is the first structurally characterised example of a geometrically unconstrained dihydrogen (H···H) bond within a hydrogenated FLP system.
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