Bis-BN-Embedded [4]helicenes: Synthesis, Structures and Properties
Liu, Bingkang; Cui, Jiahao; Wu, Xiaoming; Zhou, Jing; Zhang, Lei; Li, Chenglong; Liu, Xuguang; Chemical Communications  (2026) –; doi:10.1039/D6CC00478D

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 Bis-BN-embedded [4]helicenes: synthesis, structures and properties.
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2026-03-23 deposited with the CCDC.	2026-03-31 downloaded from the CCDC.
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CrysAlisPro 1.171.39.7e (Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, 2015)
Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics,
 implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm.
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1. Fixed Uiso
 At 1.2 times of:
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2.a Aromatic/amide H refined with riding coordinates:
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Empirical correction (ABSPACK) includes:
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