DOI: 10.1039/B001874K
(Paper)
CrystEngComm, 2000, 2, 67-72
Crystal synthesis using secondary and dative coordinate bonding: 4,4'-bipyridyl adducts of arylbismuth dihalides
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Sîan C. James, Nicholas C. Norman, A. Guy Orpen and Jonathan Starbuck
Abstract
Reaction between BiX2Ph (X = Cl or I) and 4,4'-bipy afforded crystals of complexes trans-[BiX2Ph(4,4'-bipy)]n as solvates in which an anticipated combination of dative (Bi?bipy) and secondary bonding (Bi⋯X) leads to a controlled polymeric structure.