Poly-pnictogen bonding: trapping halide ions by a tetradentate antimony(iii) Lewis acid

• DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04594c
• Publication Date: 2023-11-10T15:21:59Z
• Authors: J. Louis Beckmann; Jonas Krieft; Yury V. Vishnevskiy; Beate Neumann; Hans-Georg Stammler; Norbert W. Mitzel
• Keywords: Pnictogen

A tetradentate host system with four CC–Sb(C 2 F 5 ) functions binds halide ions in a distorted square planar coordination. Experimental and calculated structures reveal complex interplay of attractive pnictogen bonding Coulomb repulsion.