Synthesis and characterisation of the persistent radical [BCl2(bipy)]*

Stephen M Mansell; Christopher J Adams; George Bramham; Mairi F Haddow; Wolfgang Kaim; Nicholas C Norman; John E McGrady; Christopher A Russell; Sally J Udeen

doi:10.1039/c0cc00187b

Synthesis and characterisation of the persistent radical [BCl2(bipy)]*

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jul 28;46(28):5070-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00187b. Epub 2010 Jun 16.

Authors

Stephen M Mansell¹, Christopher J Adams, George Bramham, Mairi F Haddow, Wolfgang Kaim, Nicholas C Norman, John E McGrady, Christopher A Russell, Sally J Udeen

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.

PMID: 20552129
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00187b

Abstract

The persistent radical, [BCl(2)(bipy)](*) (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridyl), has been prepared and characterised by X-ray crystallography, ESR and DFT calculations. The structure is compared with that of the cation, [BCl(2)(bipy)](+).