Abstract
The first spirobifluorenes comprising two binaphthyl moieties with silicon or germanium at the site of fusion have been synthesized and fully characterized. X-ray crystallographic analysis reveals that both molecules have highly distorted structures, resulting in a low barrier for interconversion between the two atropisomers; the barrier was calculated from the temperature dependency of the NMR spectra.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5589-5592 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organometallics |
Volume | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 Dec 2003 |
Keywords
- FLUXIONAL BEHAVIOR
- SPIROCONJUGATION
- SPECTROSCOPY
- EXAMPLE