B-N bond order in bodipy and metalloporphyrins

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Spathi

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Aug 17, 2023

I have a question relating this molecule (bodipy) :

How do modern empirical models in chemistry explain the B-N bonds in this compound? Maybe we should consider this bond as having bond order = 0.5?
The same story with metalloporphyrins.

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TeethWhitener

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Aug 17, 2023

Why 0.5? What’s the problem with 1?

B-N bond order in bodipy and metalloporphyrins

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