Strained azabora[2]ferrocenophanes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 May 29;54(44):5562-5565. doi: 10.1039/c8cc02965b.

Abstract

Three [2]ferrocenophanes equipped with unsaturated BN moieties at bridging positions were synthesized and structurally characterized. As revealed by DFT calculations, these first examples of azabora[2]ferrocenophanes are similarly strained to the well-known Me2Si-bridged [1]ferrocenophane.