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The Effect of the Surrounding Medium on the Interaction of Nitriles with Boron Trifluoride
Author(s) -
Beattie Ian R.,
Jones Peter J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199615271
Subject(s) - boron trifluoride , benzene , chemistry , argon , boron , phase (matter) , gas phase , computational chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis
The remarkable change in the BN bond lengths of CH 3 CN · BF 3 and HCN · BF 3 between the gas phase and the condensed phase has been attributed to effects of the surrounding medium. Results herein suggest that in BF 3 ‐rich argon matrices, CH 3 CN · BF 3 and HCN · BF 3 are present in the form with a short BN bond, as is CH 3 CN · BF 3 in solution in benzene. The two structural alternatives for HCN · BF 3 are shown schematically above.