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Consequence of Ligand Bite Angle on Bismuth Lewis Acidity

Kannan, Ramkumar and Kumar, Sandeep and Andrews, Alex P and Jemmis, Eluvathingal D and Venugopal, Ajay (2017) Consequence of Ligand Bite Angle on Bismuth Lewis Acidity. In: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 56 (16). 9391+.

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01243

Abstract

Ligand bite angle, a common parameter to fine-tune reactivity in transition-metal chemistry, is used for the first time in main-group chemistry to control and tune the Lewis acidity in organobismuth cations bearing 2-(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl (Me2NCH2C6H4) and 2-(dimethylamino)phenyl (Me2NC6H4) ligands. The latter chelating ligand induces a shorter C-Bi-N bite angle, leading to a weaker Bi-N bond with a corresponding lower Bi-N sigma*-acceptor orbital and hence exhibiting remarkably higher Lewis acidity. The Gutmann-Beckett method is successfully employed to quantify the Lewis acidity in organobismuth cations.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information: Copy right for this article belongs to the AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2017 05:05
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2017 05:05
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/57870

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