Linking of metal centres through boryl ligands: Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of symmetrically bridged boryl complexes

Aldridge S, Calder RJ, Rossin A, Dickinson AA, Willock DJ, Jones C, Evans DJ, Steed JW, Light ME, Coles SJ, Hursthouse MB

Dinuclear species containing iron centres linked via various bridging boryl ligands have been synthesised and a combination of crystallographic, computational and spectroscopic (Mössbauer, IR, Raman) techniques have been used to probe the bonding in these complexes.