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Letters to Nature

Nature 217, 740 (24 February 1968) | doi:10.1038/217740a0; Received 10 January 1968

Ligands containing Fluoroaromatic Groups

M. L. N. REDDY, M. R. WILES & A. G. MASSEY

  1. Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary College, University of London.
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THE relatively high electronegativity of the pentafluorophenyl group, C6F5, is expected to alter the donor characteristics of ligand molecules. We wish to report initial results of studies with three types of fluoroaromatic ligands.