Research Article

A Computational and Structural Database Study of the Metal-Carbene Bond in Groups IA, IIA, and IIIA Imidazol-2-Ylidene Complexes

Table 4

Selected bond lengths (Å) and bond angles (°) of the optimized borane complexes with the experimental reference in parenthesis.

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Bond length
 C1-B281.611 (1.602)1.7121.7371.6571.6751.6121.610
 C1-N271.366 (1.362)1.3631.3741.3661.3611.3661.369
 C16-N271.489 (1.474)1.5001.5031.5121.5001.4891.495
Bond angle
 N27-C1-B28127.6 (129.5)127.5127.6127.1127.2127.3127.3
 C16-N27-C1128.4 (126.1)131.2133.0133.4130.3128.4129.0