New Pb-Pb bonds: Syntheses and molecular structures of hexabiphenyldiplumbane and tri(trisbiphenylplumbyl)plumbate

Yuzhong Wang, Brandon Quillian, Pingrong Wei, Xiao Juan Yang, Gregory H. Robinson

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Abstract

Reaction of lead(II) chloride with biphenylmagnesium bromide yields Bp 3Pb-PbBp3 and [(THF)3Mg(μ-Cl) 3Mg(THF)3]-[Pb(PbBp3)3] (Bp = biphenyl), which, upon single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis, reveals an interesting variation of Pb-Pb bond distances.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2224-2225
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 7 2004

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